Immigration

Immigration grew to a high number in the 1800s. After immigrants started to come to America the U.S. population grew to 31.5 million people. Between 1865 to 1920 close to 30 million people immigranted to the United States. These people had dreams of becoming rich, free land through the Homestead Act, they had religious discrimination back at home, and for personal freedoms. The European immigrants had mostly entered through Ellis Island, they then moved to areas with others from thier home counrty, these places were like the ghetto, and they faced discrimination from the whites. The Asian immigrants moved to the west coast, they entered through Angel Island, many of them were brought to work on the railroads, they also faced discrimination, and they had the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The Asian were great forr working on the railroads.