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    Many immigrants came to the United States in the mid-1800s from countries like Britain, Ireland, Germany, and China to seek opportunity or escape poor conditions. Factors like the availability of cheap land that could be purchased from the government and the potato famine in Ireland, which killed over a million people, drove immigration. However, rapid urbanization due to the influx of immigrants also led to overcrowded cities with unsanitary living conditions and disease, creating problems that required reform.

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    Many immigrants came to the United States in the mid-1800s from countries like Britain, Ireland, Germany, and China to seek opportunity or escape poor conditions. Factors like the availability of cheap land that could be purchased from the government and the potato famine in Ireland, which killed over a million people, drove immigration. However, rapid urbanization due to the influx of immigrants also led to overcrowded cities with unsanitary living conditions and disease, creating problems that required reform.

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    Coming to America in the 1800s

    Immigration
    Many immigrants
    came to the United
    States during the
    mid-1800s. They
    came from Britain,
    Ireland, Germany,
    Scandinavia and
    China.

    Why did they come?


    Many came to
    America for
    opportunity. Others
    came to escape
    bad conditions in
    their home country.
    This is known as
    the Push Pull
    Factor.

    Get land here!


    The newly acquired
    land in the country
    gave the United
    States millions of
    acres of land to sell.
    Public land was sold
    for $1.25 an acre,
    which lured people
    into moving west.

    Irish Potato Famine


    Many Irish immigrants
    moved to the U.S.
    because they were
    poor.
    Even more moved
    because a disease
    destroyed Irelands
    potato crops. Over 1
    million people died of
    starvation. Most Irish
    immigrants moved to
    port cities along the
    Atlantic coast.

    Effects of Immigration
    Rapid immigration led to
    urbanization. Greedy
    landlords made apartment
    building with very small
    rooms without enough
    windows.
    Outdoor toilets overflowed
    and disease spread.
    These factors led to many
    problems for the
    immigrants and resulted in
    the need for reform.

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