Immigrants from Europe and Asia brought various foods, songs, dances and literature to the United States - as well as a willingness to work cheaply. Because the immigrants were willing to work cheaply, they threatened the jobs of Americans, especially unionists. This created a push for nativism, and a want to keep the job-threatening workers out of America. In fact, in 1882, the exclusion act was even passed to keep chinese immigrants out. This was the first Exclusion policy of the United States, a policy that still stands today with different countries. However, European immigrants were still coming in increasingly high numbers. The large influx of people required structures for shelter and food, which lead to the dumbbell tenements and food markets
Immigrants from Europe and Asia brought various foods, songs, dances and literature to the United States - as well as a willingness to work cheaply. Because the immigrants were willing to work cheaply, they threatened the jobs of Americans, especially unionists. This created a push for nativism, and a want to keep the job-threatening workers out of America. In fact, in 1882, the exclusion act was even passed to keep chinese immigrants out. This was the first Exclusion policy of the United States, a policy that still stands today with different countries. However, European immigrants were still coming in increasingly high numbers. The large influx of people required structures for shelter and food, which lead to the dumbbell tenements and food markets