- A large amount of Irish immigrants came here seeking to build Irish colonies.
- They had to go through ELLIS ISLAND.
- The Irish would go to the cities.
- And the Germans would go to the rural farm lands.
- Religious freedom,gold, and new lands were some of the main pull factors to come to the US.
- Some of the push factors to come from those other countries were war, food, jobs and education.
- In 1848-1849 about 25,000 Chinese people were looking for gold .
- Many Chinese people started cleaners for cloths and cigar factories .
- Most of the Irish people came to the US because of the potato famine.
- About 6,000 African Americans were forced from there home to be slaves.
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