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Reasons
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| Reasons for Immigration | |||
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For hundreds of years, people from all over the world have left the countries where they were born to start new lives in America. Why did people leave their homes for a strange and distant land? Though the reasons are as diverse as the the immigrants themselves, a few major ones can be identified. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from disease epidemics, wars as well as religious and political persecution, whilst others were forcefully brought to the Americas throught the slave trade. The chart below gives additional reasons for recent immigrant admissions. |
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| Check out the following websites for more information. | |||
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1. The American Immigration Homepage: Reasons for Immigration 2. Center for Community Service Learning: Immigration Issues 3. American History 102: Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America
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