the largest number in Pennsylvania were known as "Pennsylvania Dutch." But Germans remained a distinct minority population and had only moderate influence on the largely English nation. In the 19th century, immigration from Germany continued to increase, particularly after the failed 1848 revolutions...
for example, there was a significant inflow of workers from Greece, Italy, and Spain, as well as from East Germany. The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, however, put a stop to the latter. As a result, West Germany reoriented its recruitment...
(where coming from) New Immigrants Where were people migrating from in the late 1800s? South and East Europe China Where did they enter into the US? Ellis Island – East Coast Angel Island – West Coast Give me your tired, your poor….. Emma Lazarus Physical, Legal, and Mental Exams ...
This article explores a historical moment in which Henrietta Szold, who headed the Social Welfare Department in Mandatory Palestine in 1934, decided to send social workers to the Jaffa and Haifa ports to welcome young, single immigrant women from Germany in the light of rumours of the moral ...
Catholics and others. They became organized in northern Germany in the 1530s under an ex-Catholic priest, Menno Simons (1496-1561). The Mennonites suffered a great deal of oppression in Germany because they opposed military service and the German state churches, which were either Lutheran, Refor...
2 Pages Open Document Immigrants from Ireland were driven to the United States due to the Great Famine of 1845-1850. Many people were almost completely dependent on potatoes, an easy-to-raise crop, due to Britain’s change of religion. These potatoes then fell victim to the unknown disease ...
Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire Waves of German Immigrants 1st. PEN colonial era 2nd. (mid 1800s) Revolution against monarchs in Germany; gov cracks down and people had to flee (spread mid-west and outward) Pennsylvania Deutsche 1st wave, came from germany colonial times ...
1700's-1800's •ManypeoplefromGermany,IrelandandItalycameindrovestotheU.S.Whydidtheycome?1.Landofopportunity(nosocialclass,freeland)2.Tobeoutoftheauthorityofakingordictator;tohavefreedom.3.Toescapefamine,poverty,etc.4.Toturnoveranewleaf.•Atonetime,partsoftheU.S.hadschoolsthatweretaughtallina...
which were progressing from recovery to plenty as the economic miracle finally reached the working class”; Elizabeth D. Heineman, “The Economic Miracle in the Bedroom: Big Business and Sexual Consumption in Reconstruction West Germany,”The Journal of Modern History78:4 (December 2006): 846–877...
Many Germans who immigrated in the 1850s did so as a result of the failed democratic revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in Vienna, Berlin and much of southwest Germany. They carried their political aspirations to America, where they formed a significant voting bloc, and introduced political ideologies...