Out Of Many Summary

In chapter 19, 20, and 21 in the textbook Out of Many, gives us a brief summary about some aspects that occurred in the nineteen century. The reading by James R. Barrett mostly focuses on the workplace for immigrant that migrated to Chicago while the reading by Kathy Peiss concentrates on women in the workplace. Immigrants came to the United States to escape the poverty and religious intolerance that they once had to deal with in their countries. It wasn’t easy for these European Immigrants to arrive to America; it was a long and harsh journey. For example, many immigrants had to come by foot, when they arrive to the coast they would be stuffed into a small space in a boat for a long period of time till they arrive to the United States.
In the 1920s more than 20 million people came to the United States; people started too migrated into different cities. They came from all around the world like Northern and Central Europe, as well as Southern and Eastern Europe. This is when the entire society of America, changes forever. In the cities everything had changed: pollution, diseases, and noises. They had to start building more transportation, and building more houses/apartments because of the increases growth of the population. The foreign born accrued in the early nineteen centuries, almost fifteen percent of the United States population were new coming immigrants. As the number increased, problems occurred; White Americans were scorned and dreaded of immigrants as they had thought that they were dangerous people. Citizens wanted to restrict European immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens; this is where the Chinese Exclusive Act plays a role. The Chinese Exclusive Act was the main reason why some immigrants were restricted to be free. The act could either deport or put Chinese people into jail. Although the European immigrants were not Chinese they both had a connection when it came to being restricted and unwanted by the White