A. write two to three sentences in answering the questions. be specific and give examples. (2 pts each)
1. what motivated people to come to america in the late 19th century?
2. name three nations that sent many immigrants to the united states after the civil war.
3. why were the chinese so discriminated against as immigrants?
4. what kind of work did immigrants find to do in the united states?
5. what were cities like in the late 1800s which absorbed immigrants?

People immigrated to America for a different of reasons, mostly because they were seeking personal, religious or economic freedom. The biggest reason for immigration, was poverty. People left their home countries, where they had low wages and poor living conditions, to go to America and attempt to create a better life for them and their families.

2. Asia, Southern Europe, and Eastern Europe

3.chinese were discriminated against as immigrant because they were thought of  as thieves.

4.ummmanything they could find. especially factory jobs

5.Cities in the 1800's that absorbed immagrants often had deep division between the upper and the lower class.