Why America?

America in the 19^th -20^th was known as the land of opportunity. Many countries at that time were underdeveloped and America had the most stable economy. We were the most advanced in that time essentially. Now around the world there were many great conflicts, whether dealing with poverty, running from the government as a criminal or for safety, or just for a new start. Most of the immigrants were European, mainly Jews, Slavs; Irish, Russian etc. many Jews were seeking their “homeland”. During that time the holocaust was occurring in Germany. As we all know about the holocaust, it was genocide for any non-Arians. 6million Jews were killed, while the survivors fled to either neighboring countries. But it got to a point where the Nazis would retrieve these run away Jews and Germany took over most of the other countries by violent actions. Many countries didn’t let the Jews come into their own homes due to that reason. It was destroying the land of others who didn’t get involved. Now otherwise many other Europeans were seeking a new beginning or at least to give their children a new chance a new way of life. Many called America the land where money was on the floor. However that wasn’t the case, once immigrants came and started to settle they found themselves in tenement homes that were shared with another family. The only benefit of that is that they were with others who spoke their language or from their countries. They also faced health issues due to the lack of hygiene created by the conditions of their life style. Companies wanted to basically own the employees. The expectations of the employees and of the employers didn’t agree always. It was a melting pot, but nothing was melting.