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IMMAGRATION may 2017

Issue 2 | Vol. 8

IMMAGRATION FROM FINLAND TO AMERICA Immagration to america was avery big event and, included many other places migrating to.


Here is a picture of the pay check a worker might get after month of very hard work.

Immagration from Finland To America

the immagration started in Finland and went to america.

In the late 1900s lot’s of people started to immigrate from finland to America. They lost about 10% of their population due to this. Some of the earlier immigrants were forced to do a certain job well the ones that later came had a choice. Immigrants were now working in mills, and farms in michigan montgomery, and connecticut. Due to Low pays, their jobs, and population america was a great place to come to. First of all they were not payed very well and in the beginning they didn’t have many people working in america. ,The immigration to america from finland happened 1900s when the Finnish moved to America they did not speak english or, at least very well. When the arrived in America coming from Finland the first houses the saw were huge, and grand but they were the houses of the owners (of


damage. A second thing that really changed the immigration from Finland to America to was the population. The population of Michigan changed so much in 38 years in was 15x bigger than it was in 1900. ”In 1900 the Finnish population of Detroit was 15; in 1938 it was 15,000. Michigan became” this quote from scandinavia really shows how much it changed. Another quote that I found was on genealogia.fi it shows how much the population of Finnish immigrants changed “During the decade here is a mine to show you from 1911 to 1920 Finnish immigration to America what the mines whould look dropped to 67,346Finland on immigration: like if you didn't know. Between the years 1893 and 1910 the total number was 206,389”. As you can see the population of Finnish immigrants drastically changed over the years. Side bar of facts for The last big event that happened to the Finnish immagration to America immigrants was their jobs this was a big part of the immigration to america. Some job’s hey had were -The Immagration to america lumber millers of the great lake workers, miners, started in the 1900s and farmers, Factories of new york city, and little bit lasted till the 20s. later people started to work in auto plants located - Also they were living in very in Detroit. Those were more of the popular jobs small houses. that the Finnish miners had. - also, the kids would have a In conclusion the finnish immigration was a very hard time getting togeather big event and had lots of stuff going on. Like as we because they would speak mention the population change, there jobs, and as differnt launguages. well as their paychecks. You have seen how being a finnish immigrant was not easy and would be hard for a whole family to move from finland to america. The finnish immigration was a very big event I hope that you have learned a lot about the finnish immigration in this article.


Biblography Scandinavian - The Finns - Immigration...Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources Library of Congress. Web. 05 June 2017.


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