Immigration In The Late 1800s

Nineteenth century immigration profoundly increased due to the growth industrialization in America. Untied States beginning in the 1820’s experienced an influx of immigrants caused by the rapid growth of the industrial revolution. “From 1836 to 1914, over 30 million Europeans migrated to the United States. The death rate on these transatlantic voyages was high, during which one in seven travelers died” ("Immigration to the United States.”) One out Seven immigrants making the journey from Europe to America resulted in a death caused by illness passed from one passenger to the next. Influx of immigrants and new illness entering the United States lead to the creation of Ellis Island. Ellis Island allowed United States officials to process immigrants, and prevent any harmful viruses have a mass impact on the population. “The 19th century,
Asian individuals contracted as laborers to work in the United States were known as “undesirables”. Americans caught with “undesirables” in their work force were given a maximum sentence of one year in prison, and fined 2,000 dollars. The Page Act of 1875 reflects societies attempt to prevent change in ethnicities other than white. Following the Page Act of 1875, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 placed specific immigration laws on a particular ethnicity. The “Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 restricted immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years, and restricted Chinese naturalization.” ("List of United States Immigration Laws.”) The Chinese Exclusion Act was a racist American response to the threat of cheap labor from China. ("List of United States Immigration Laws.”) Forty-Eight percent of United States immigration reform during the nineteenth century was restrictive law in response to the increase in the population of different ethnicities. United States during the nineteenth century experienced a large increase in population, increasing the fear of a societal changing paving the way for immigration reform in the twentieth