People immigrated to America to find refuge for many reasons such as religion, freedom, and most of all poverty. United States was divided into 4 eras and each era brought new immigrants and a different reason for immigrating. The colonial period caused immigrants to flee for economic and religious reasons with an intent to start a better life. The mid-19th century brought immigrants from northern Europe as servants. In the 20's, the main group of immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe to get away from war and starvation. This was the highest year for immigration. In 1907, 1,285,349 immigrants came into America. The reason so many immigrants came was because of the Great Depression causing people to seek refuge for a better life. Later on during this time, immigrants also came to escape WWI, WWII, and to get away from Nazi imprisonment. The period that is most recent is the post-1965 period. The immigrants were mostly Hispanic and Asian.
Works Cited:
“What Are the Reasons Why People Immigrated to America?” Reference, IAC Publishing, www.reference.com/government-politics/reasons-people-immigrated-america-107a129f035a344d
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