Immigrants In 19th And Early 20th Century Chicago

Towards the end of the 19th century and early 20th century, Chicago was one of the most desirable cities for immigration. It had railway access and ports and its slaughterhouse and industrial business provided for unskilled workers. Most immigration to Chicago started in or near the 1830s to 1850s. In the 1840s, large amounts of Irish immigrants came to Chicago because of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Large numbers of Germans, Irish, Swedes, Norwegians, Canadians, Czechs, Poles, Greeks, and Italians clustered there in the 19th and early 20th centuries, nearing the end of the First World War. After the Second World War, Chicago experienced immigration of Bosnians, Muslims, Latvians, Lithuanians, Pakistanis, Mexicans, and Jews. Chicago became am increasing business
And then by 1856, Chicago had 10 railroads, increasing imports and exports, as well as national railway business. Because of the expansion in business throughout Chicago, it was an ideal pace for immigrants in search of work and opportunity to move to. The Irish were probably the most influential to Chicago. The Irish made up a large amount of Chicago’s public. By 1900 the Irish had six times as many men on the city's police force as the next largest ethnic group. Many young Irish men worked in packinghouses and in the construction industry as well as owned liquor stores and saloons. Most young Irish women were educated by teaching nuns and in turn became teachers in both public and private Catholic schools. Since many Irish women were better educated than the men, they also received jobs in nursing and office