~Today we discussed at length the wave of immigrants that came to America between 1845 and 1924. We also learned about the reasons many of them came: poverty, persecution, and a better life. We also talked about the living conditions that many of these new immigrants lived under. The persevered and made a better life in America. We also talked about the great migration of Black Americans to the North after slavery ended. Many of these former slaves faced the same if not worse living conditions in the cities of the North.
