HIST 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Toleration, Protestantism
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Reason: came due to inexpensive land, religious toleration and for a prosperous future. Type of people: mostly cam with families to work on farms. They tended to settle together and had large families. Areas settled: mostly settled within the "german belt" of wisconsin, minnesota, north dakota, Type of work: the dominant occupation taken up by the germans baking, carpentry and brewing. They had agricultural background so some were laborers or farmers. However, basic needs were available within their own community so little interaction with the native born community. Reason: chinese wanted to escape economic hardship, gold rush gave hope for prosperity, cheap land was available, came in search for jobs to send money back home. Area settled: settled throughout the west, especially california. But due to discrimination, they were pushed out to san francisco, new york, boston, philadelphia, chicago, los angeles, and. Type of work: worked in the dangerous positions of mining, railroad construction, agriculture, irrigation, and manufacturing.
