The railway would work to create an east-west economy, in which western Canada would feed the growing urban industrial population of the east, and in return become a market for eastern Canadian manufactured goods. D Winnipeg became the metropolis of the West during this period. Winnipeg’s ...
Chinese Immigration to United States 1800s
Even as they struggled to find work, Chinese immigrants also fought for their lives. During their first few decades in the United States, they endured an epidemic of violent racist attacks, a campaign of persecution and murder that today seems shocking. From Seattle toLos Angeles, fromWyomingto...
The article reviews the book "The Dream of America: Immigration 1870-1920," edited by Kevin Hillstrom, part of the "Defining Moments" series.Marcus, Sara Rofofskylibrary journalHillstrom, Kevin. The Dream of ...
However, after the Americans won the Revolution and disbanded most of the Indians a sizeable white westward migration began. During the 1800s there were a variety of famous expeditions. This led to the expansion of what is now the United States. During these expeditions, many of the explorers...
negotiation during the long run-up to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. A few Chinese had come to the United States—chiefly to East Coast ports—in the late eighteenth century in connection with the China trade. After American missionaries were established in China, some Chinese, mostly ...
Winnipeg became the metropolis of the West during this period. Winnipeg’s growth before 1900 was the result of a combination of land speculation, growth of housing starts, and the federal government’s solution in 1881 of Winnipeg as a major stop along the CPR. This decision culminated in a...
During the period 1820 and 1920 over 4,190,000 people emigrated from Italy to the United States. OnlyIreland(4,400,000) andGermany(5,500,000) came anywhere near these figures. In the 1930s a large number of Italians who had opposed the fascist rule ofBenito Mussoliniarrived in theUnited...
The main reason people decided to leave Europe during this period was the possibility of acquiring cheap or free land. When the area of unoccupied land began to rapidly decline, high wages became the main attraction. In the 1840s wages in the United States was about five times higher than ...
As a result of this initial immigration pattern, Quebec has a rich history as one of the most Catholic areas in North America. The Irish arrived during the Great Migration to Canada in the 1800s, while many thousands of Italians arrived around the turn of the 20th Century.Tour...