Between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of WWI, over 26 million immigrants came to America looking for freedom and a chance to make a new start. Many endured difficult journeys to get to the United States. Immigrants came from all over the world. Immigration levels depended on the political and economic state of a country. For example the Irish, one of the largest immigrant groups of the 1800s, reached an all time …showed first 75 words of 671 total…

…showed last 75 words of 671 total…and those that were sleeping would then go to work and so on. The life of an immigrant in the earlier years of America was not an easy one. They faced many hardships starting with the journey on over to America. Though it was very stressful and hard at times, in the end it was probably worth it coming to the new world because the life was better than that in their homeland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**