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by James Gregory. Illinois, like other midwestern states, experienced rapid population growth through migration in the 19th century and much slower growth since then. Recording a population of 851,000 in 1850, the state doubled its numbers by 1860, doubled again by 1880, and again before 1910. It has taken a century to double the 1910 total.
Although politically and socially apathetic, many were eager to leave the country after the unification process had skyrocketed taxes and made the plight of the worker unbearable. The history of mass Italian immigration begins, then, in the poverty and despair of southern Italy, the Mezzogiorno, during the third quarter of the 19th century.
Migration and Immigration. As nations underwent significant changes, the movement of people across borders took on new dimensions. This category delves into the phenomenon of immigration, exploring the motivations and experiences of individuals who sought new lives in foreign lands. It examines the impact of migration on both sending and ...
Overall, immigration in the 19th century was essential for economic growth, cultural diversity, urbanization, nation-building, social and political change, labor movements, and the global exchange of ideas. It had a profound and lasting impact on the development of nations during this time period.
Temperance – moderate drinking – became prohibition. This was a major event for alcohol in the 19th Century. 10. Until the 1870s schnaps, a distilled spirit, was a part of wages in Denmark. 11. In the 1890, the movement for the independence of India began. It combined nationalism with prohibition goals. 12.
One of the more difficult problems in German-American genealogical research is the discovery of ancestral links between the Old and New Worlds during the first five decades of the nineteenth century - ports of departure records in Germany are rare for this period and there is no equivalent to the published collection of ship entry records made by Strassburger and Hinke for the eighteenth century.
The Revolt of the Farmers. American farmers faced a myriad of problems in the late nineteenth century. Agricultural prices steadily declined after 1870 as a result of domestic overproduction and foreign competition. The high rates charged by grain elevator operators and railroads to store and ship crops were a constant source of complaint ...
