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First Immigrants from Germany
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German
Between 1820 and 1860, the Irish—many of them Catholic—account for an estimated one-third of all immigrants to the United States. Some 5 million German immigrants also come to the U.S., many of them making their way to the Midwest to buy farms or settle in cities including Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. -
6 millon
Nearly 6 million Germans came to the United States between 1820 and the onset of World War I in 1914 -
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German Immigration
Lasted from 1820's to the 1880's, roughly -
Loeb Strauss
Creator of Levi's Jeans, didn't go by Leob often. -
German/Irish
America’s first anti-immigrant political party, the Know-Nothing Party forms, as a backlash to the increasing number of German and Irish immigrants settling in the United States. -
Caryl Survik
had five childern in America and lived in NYC -
Henry E. Steinway
Carpenter and Instrument maker -
Lion Feuchtwanger
Playwrite and Novelist from Munich -
Near End
The law favors immigration from Northern and Western European countries. Just three countries, Great Britain, Ireland and Germany account for 70 percent of all available visas. Immigration from Southern, Central and Eastern Europe was limited. The Act completely excludes immigrants from Asia, aside from the Philippines, then an American colony. -
Ablert Einstine
Albert Einstine moved to the U.S from Germany