Why did America attract so many immigrants?
Between 1840 and 1914, 28 million people sailed to America to begin life afresh. Mose were from Europe, and the first intakes came chiefly from two countries, from Ireland following repeated potato blights, and from Germany following a series of crop failures. Later tides of immigrants, including Italians, Greeks, Swedes, Poles, Slovaks, Russians and Jews also arrived. Some people came to farm the open prairies, or to find jobs in America's expanding industries. Others were fleeing injustice and persecution at home and seeking freedom in American democracy.

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