The majority of people who immigrated to america in the late 1800s and early 1900s

The majority of the peple who immigrated to America in the late 1800's and a 1900's came for economic reasons. Others also came for religious freedom. Many people who left their homeland were struggling financially and they all thought that America held the answer for them to become better off them they were in their old homelands. The jobs were readily available for the immigrants when they did finally make it to America.