Immigration

1. The causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centeries was because they were escaping religious percecutions in Europe and others were leaving because there was a population rise in Europe. Some of the Chinese and Japanese came to America because they heard about the gold.

2. The journey some immigrants went through was very hard due to the fact that they had to ride on a steamship some for one week and others for about three weeks. Those were the lucky few when some had to ride across in steerage for weeks where they were crammed in and weren't allowed fresh air or excerise or to go on the top deck for the whole ride to America. Then once they were allowed into the states after being atmitted they then had to find a place to live, a job, and get along living in society trying to understand the language and culture.