Many New Americans
Immigration to the United States has increased a lot. This is mostly because of the rise in industries. Some people believe that this is a good thing while others think that it is bad thing. In 1850, there were 2,244,625 immigrants in the United States. Most of the immigrants came to America for a new start, but they are poorer than most Americans are.
Crime was increased by immigration. In 1850, there were 12,988 native convicted criminals and 13,691 foreign convicted criminals. In addition, there were 6,102 Americans and 22,229 immigrants in city prison. Even some of the people that are not directly criminals, might sell liquor and other products like liquor that may cause other people to do crimes. In the insane asylums, there were 779 Americans and 2,381 immigrants.
Immigration was not very helpful to America. Many Americans lost their jobs because immigrants worked for lower wages so factory owners hired them instead. This forced Americans to accept lower wages. It also meant that when workers went on strike, factory owners could just replace the workers.
Immigration had many, many effects of immigration on America. Some of the effects were good, but most of the effects were negative. Since so many of the effects were bad, some Americans used violence against the immigrants. This resulted in injuries and sometimes it even resulted in death. Since the cities are so overcrowded, many immigrants had to live in the slums. This allowed many diseases to spread more quickly and to more people than they ever had before.