Spain History Project

By elliereeves

  • 1800s

    1800s
    There was very little immigration from Spain to the United States, many of the immigrants were farmers. Looking for a better life in the United States.
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    1846-1932

    Between 1846 and 1932 nearly five million Spaniards went to the Americas, mostly to South America in general and to Argentina and Brazil in particular.
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    1900-1924

    Thousands of immigrants from the Spanish province of Austria emigrated to the United States between 1900 and 1924. Austrias had been a mining center for thousands of years and many Austrian immigrants settled in West Virginia and other areas where they found work in the coal and zinc industries
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    1900-1925

    Spanish immigration to the United States increased drastically.

  • 1913

    1913
    A lot of Spanish immigrants settle into New York, California, and Florida. Or some went to industrial areas such as Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. A big hiring job for a lot of Spanish immigrants was working on Hawaian sugar plantations. These plantations moved to California after 1913.

  • 1960

    1960
    During this time more people were allowed to come to the United States.