American immigration history

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, the United States was full of doubts about immigration policy in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China and 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.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Europe regained peace.

With the demobilization of a large number of soldiers, the unemployment problem in European countries is becoming more and more serious, and the number of immigrants to the United States is increasing year by year.

At this time, the United States also changed its policy of restricting immigration because of the needs of domestic construction.

1848 after the European revolution, the wave of immigration to the United States is getting higher and higher.

From 1820 to 100, the United States accepted about 33.5 million immigrants, which formed a century-long immigration tide in the United States.

The first migration, called "Great Migration Movement of Human Beings" by American historians, took place from 1820 to 1860, during which the total number of immigrants reached 5 million.

Immigrants mainly come from western Europe and northern Europe, including about 2 million Irish, 6,543,800 Germans and a large number of African slaves sold to the United States.

At the same time, some immigrants came from Asia, mainly from China, and they came to the United States to look for gold.

The second immigration 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 time * * * from 188 1 to 1920, the number of immigrants soared to 23.5 million.

The migration peak is 1907, reaching 1285000.

At this stage, the United States 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 migrations, the total population of the United States exceeded1.92 billion 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.