What is the history of American immigrants?

The United States, known as the "ethnic melting pot", is a typical immigrant country, and its immigration history can be traced back to 1620 at the earliest. In the past 400 years, the United States has become a mixture of more than 65,438,000 ethnic groups. Even the Statue of Liberty standing in new york 1886 "immigrated" from France to the United States. Immigrants came across the ocean with their dreams to this ideal land. There have been several major immigration waves in American history. It is no exaggeration to say that immigrants created America, and immigrants developed and changed America. ?

At the beginning of the founding of the United States, the total domestic population was only 3.9 million. Except for about 760 thousand blacks, the rest are almost all white, and most of them are from western Europe. Concerned about the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the domestic employment environment, several governments in the early days of the founding of the United States were full of doubts about immigration policies, and they had formulated some policies to restrict immigration. During the period of 1796- 18 15, the average number of European immigrants to the United States was only about 3,000 per year.

The second immigration climax was from 186 1 to 1880, and about 5 million immigrants came to the United States. After the end of the Civil War, the United States ushered in the peak of industrialization, and the demand for labor was strong. In order to attract European immigrants to the United States, 1864, President Lincoln lobbied Congress to pass the immigration encouragement bill. Secretary Seward even issued a circular to American diplomats in Europe, asking them to make attracting European immigrants one of the most important diplomatic tasks. In order to recruit skilled workers from Europe to work in the United States, some enterprises also send delegations to Europe for recruitment. They advertised in many European newspapers and published pamphlets to describe the attractive prospects of the United States to Europeans with immigration aspirations. Some enterprises also provide necessary travel expenses for Europeans who are willing to immigrate to the United States. ?

The third climax was from 188 1 to 1920, and the number of immigrants soared to 23.5 million. The migration peak is 1907, reaching 1285000. At this stage, the American government has repeatedly legislated to restrict European immigrants and exclude Asian immigrants. The growth of "old immigrants" from northwest European countries such as Britain, Germany and Sweden is limited, while the growth of "new immigrants" from southeast European countries such as Italy and Russia is rapid. ?

After these three immigration climaxes, 1920, the total population of the United States exceeded 1 100 million for the first time. From 1820 to 1920, the number of immigrants accounted for more than 20% of the annual population growth in the United States.