Immigration And Population In America

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of the
population while the Irish and Scots accounted for fifteen percent.
Germany made up seven percent, Dutch three, and French two percent. The
ethnic diversity of the United States was obvious. (222)
In 1790, many Americans became worried that the many different
groups of people would “fracture the nation.... Thomas Jefferson worried
that immigrants from monarchical countries, untutored in the ways of
democracy would ‘warp and bias’ the direction of American political
development. Reflecting such fears, the nations first Naturalization
Act...required a residency period of five years...before immigrants could
apply for citizenship, and limited applications to ‘free white persons’.”
(222-223)
For the next thirty years, immigration to the United States was low.
In 1830, immigration to America again increased. By 1854, an Irish potato
famine and political unrest in the German Principalities saw the number of
Irish and German immigrants in America reach an all-time ...

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