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In thirteen pages pages this paper examines the European immigrant experiences in America during this period, with the emphasis upon the importance of religion and work in relocation. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.
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mired in a devastating Civil War and the national economy was at a virtual standstill since most of Americas workforce was engaged in combat. Europeans answered the call, and
by 1870, 14 percent of the American population was comprised of foreign immigrants, mostly from Europe (Lane 45). In a breakdown of region and industry, this means that in
Massachusetts textile mills as well as in 35 other vocations, at this time immigrants outnumber the labor force that was native-born (Lane 45). By the Civil Wars end in
1865, there were twice as many European immigrants working in the manufacturing operations of U.S. major cities like Chicago and New York than there were Americans (Lane 45). When
postwar strikes by American workers threatened profit margins, employers began importing European workers at increasingly regularity, arguing they were contracted employees (Lane 46). The obvious labor tensions that were
caused by a loophole within the original Act were closed when it was replaced by the Immigration Act of 1868. From 1865 to 1945, there was an unprecedented number
of European immigrants from Great Britain, Germany, and Scandinavia seeking either religious or financial freedom. Some found one or both while others were confronted with the harsh realities that
utopia only exists in fiction. From the earliest days of U.S. colonial history, Germans represented "the largest non-English-speaking European people in the thirteen colonies," dating back to 1683 (Bergquist 233).
It was the interplay between the Germans and the English in early America that reinforced the notion of the importance cultural diversity would be to the success of this
colonial experiment (Bergquist 233). By 1865, the Germans were immigrating to America for the same reasons their predecessors did - to practice their religion without government interference. The
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