How Did They Change the USA?

    
     When immigrants came to America, since the country was built on them, we had always welcomed them with open arms-that is, until the late 1800's. We started to become more hostile, finding things to complain about by saying they were taking all our jobs. Really, they were filling all the jobs nobody else wanted.
     Immigrants were thought of as cheap revenue and a dream to some business owners. Some more educated immigrants took advantage of free enterprise though, and created there own businesses.
    
     Due to a political group called the "Know Nothing" group- which was called so because, when the members were asked about the organization they responded with, "I know nothing."- the government started to evaluate and change some of the laws concerning immigration. Since they complained at every twist and turn, the law concerning how long it took immigrants to become an American citizen was increased by many years.
    
     A problem they did cause, however, was the over population in our larger cities. Disease spread rapidly through the crowded streets of industrial cites. Many people got sick easily because of poor hygiene.