Immigration 1860-1890

The western Immigration to the United States from 1860 – 1890 was one of the largest population movement in U.S. history. Most of the immigrants came from the Western Europe countries. In this essay we will be discussing why immigrants migrated to the U.S., how they made the trip over, and what they found when they finally arrived here.
Immigrants came to the United States for many reasons. Most of them came here because of war or political reasons, such as the Germans who had the most immigrants from Western Europe. The Germans came over to the U.S. because of political reasons. The main political reason was because of the Prussian Wars. The Italians where another culture to emigrate to the U.S. during this time period. They also had some political unrest in their country.
Another reason why people emigrated to the United States was to be with family who already settled in America. For example Uncle Guiseppe came over on the boat, settled in, got a job, he would then go b...