Immigration

Between 1865 and 1920 close to thirty million people immigrated to the United States. Many came for a better life that they saw in the posters about how better life was here. They all wanted to make good money and have the personal freedoms that they were not provided with in their home country. When immigrants from Europe, Asia, and other places came to the United States, they realized that the posters they saw of smiling rich families were not exactly accurate. They learned that living conditions were poor and workers were not paid fairly for their labor. This life that they were all hoping to have in the United States did not exist.
















Immigration changed the labor supply very much. Because of all of the new extra workers, factories could get tasks done more quickly which made them more money. Factory owners had enough people for all of the machines and jobs that were required to get the necessary amount of material made. Even though immigration greatly helped the factory owners, it made it harder on the workers. More workers in a factory means less paid for the people who worked in the factory. It was already hard enough for families to earn enough money for food on their current salary, and immigration made that amount of money go down.















*Sources- class notes on immigration