What was the nature of immigration to the Americas in the nineteenth century? What were some of the problems and contributions of immigration?

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As the African slave trade came to an end, the nature, sources, and numbers of immigrants to the Americas changed dramatically. For instance, hundreds of thousands of Indian and Chinese immigrants came to North and South America. Still, discrimination against Asian immigrants meant that most free immigrants came from Europe, particularly those immigrating to the United States, Canada, Argentina, and other nations of southern South America. Students should identify the various countries from which Europeans came, as well as their numbers. While this influx of people contributed to the Industrial Revolution in the Americas by supplying the labor for new factories and agriculture, workers in the Americas viewed immigrants as a threat?pawns used by capitalists to lower wages and degrade working conditions. Native-born Americans blamed the immigrants' cultures for these immigration-related problems. However, aside from the previously mentioned economic benefits, immigrants made many significant contributions in food, music, literature, and folklore to their new countries. Schools attempted to assimilate immigrants through acculturation, using patriotic songs, symbols, and history lessons to this end.