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This chart shows that the majority of the immigrants were from Germany and Ireland

Immigration is the act of moving from one’s homeland to settle in another country. Immigration to the U.S.A. was very popular between 1845 and 1860. In this period of time over 4,000,000 immigrants came to the U.S.A. Some of the countries these immigrants were from were Germany, Ireland, and Poland. Some U.S. citizens didn’t like the idea of immigration. These people were called Nativists. These citizens wanted to keep the U.S. population consisting of native-born white citizens.

Some reasons for immigration were famine, freedom, and work. The Potato famine greatly affected immigration to the U.S.A because it caused severe food shortages through Ireland and other European countries. People being affected by the potato famine wanted to go to the U.S.A. because they could find work, and they did not have to worry about going hungry. Between 1850 and 1860 around 1,000,000 Germans settled in the U.S.A. Reasons for German immigration were that they were being repressed by their government and many rebels were trying to get their government to be more democratic.

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