12. GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
Germans came to America for two
reasons:
• To escape political persecution
• For economic opportunity
13. GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
More likely
to settle in
the Midwest
Many
worked as
farmers and
in skilled jobs
14. ANTI-IMMIGRANT
MOVEMENTS
Nativists opposed immigration
Worried that immigrants:
• worked for cheaper wages & took
their jobs
• had different cultures & religions
They sometimes attacked
immigrants