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Immigrants being inspected upon arrival to Ellis Island
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were times of intense growing pains for the American nation. In the last four decadesof the 19th century alone, substantial groups arrived from Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Greece, Canada, Japan, China, Holland, Mexico, and other regions of the globe. These immigrants, many of them once making their livings through farming, descended upon the cities in an effort to make often painful transitions. (cont'd ---->)
Jewish immigrants
(cont'd) As a result, these new citizens formed neighborhoods specific to their nationalities. These ''immigrant ghettos'' benefitted the preservation of religious, social, and linguistic affiliations. However, these neighborhoods were often overpopulated, filthy, subject to outside racial prejudice, and the victims of Americanization. The fear of these new citizens prompted intense pressure for them to become ''true Americans''. In the meantime, as a larger prat of a Global Migration, industrialization drew millions of Americans from rural areas, flooding the cities. Poverty and inadequacy abroad, lack of land, and fater transportation by rail lines all contributed to this mass pilgrimage into the American cities.
THE AGE OF THE CITY -immigration & migration-
Italian immigrant family awaiting transfer on Ellis Island
Chinese immigrant family
