Immigrant Communities A look at 4 ethnic groups

Immigrant Communities: A Look at Four Ethnic Groups Immigrants arriving in the United States were often already set up with a support system in the New World. Most people either had relatives or friends already living there or they were traveling with someone who did. According to the class lecture1, people often lived close to other immigrants of their shared backgrounds. In this way, immigrant neighborhoods were started in many large cities such as Boston, …

…religious than the Germans. Irish and German immigrants were more involved in politics and unions than Italians or Jews, and were more likely to frequent taverns and public houses. The main difference between all of these immigrant groups is the location of their communities. Some groups live in the same city, but their neighborhoods were separate from each other. Immigrants came from different countries and cultures and built their own communities in their own ways.