The Immigration

Hey!!

First; sorry for bad blogging the last weeks, I`m really busy traveling around, that I`ve just forgotten it!!  But, I promise to be better the last weeks in the amazing United States, omg I love this country so sick much.

Now I`m in San Francisco, and I regret; LA is not the best place in the United States, San Francisco is better (if that`s possible)!! I can`t tell you how good it is, you will not understand me. The weather has been good every day – the temperature is well over 30, so I can`t complain. I visited Disneyland yesterday, and it was over all my expectations!! I took a lot of the roller coasters, and I must admit that I was a little bit scared when I sat alone in one of the world`s biggest roller coasters, that was sick, haha!

My hotel is also so beautiful. I live in Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa this week, and for 7 days I had to pay 10 000 NOK (1524 USD). The hotel features a full-service spa and outdoor pool. The hotel is decorated in French Chateau, and I love the design so much!! The room has also free Wi-Fi (that`s important for me as a blogger). The hotel has also a gym, and they offer breakfast every day, that is really good after a week with breakfast at starbucks.

 

But yesterday, I was thinking about New York, I thought about what I will explain and what I will do there. I asked a person that I`ve been familiar with, and she said that I had to go to Ellis Island. Ellis Island was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the U.S as the nation`s busiest immigrant inspection station. The station opened in January 1892 and closed in November 1954. When it closed, more than 20 millions of immigrants had come to the station - only 2 % of the immigrants were refused access to the United States.

Today Ellis Island is a museum and as I said I were told that I must visit the museum, so I think I will do that!

But, I search a little bit on the internet, and I had to tell you about it, because I found it really interesting!

American immigration history can be viewed in four epochs: the colonial period, the mid-19th century, the start of the 20th century, and post-1965. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. Because of the immigrants has the U.S begun a country with many different cultural. Most of the immigrants were from Asia and Europe, and I will talk about Norwegian immigrants later in this post.

Immigrants entered the United States through several ports. Those from Europe generally came through East Coast facilities, while those from Asia generally entered through West Coast centers. More than 70 percent of all immigrants entered through New York, and this city is known as the "Golden Door." The reason why they moved to another country was often because they don`t could get a job in their own country. So when they settled, they looked for work.

Because I`m from Norway, it`s natural for me to talk about the Norwegian Immigrants, who came from Norway into the U. S. The first immigrants from Norway came with a ship called “Restauration” in 1825. The ship sailed from Stavanger to New York and had 52 passengers. About 800,000 Norwegians emigrated between 1825 and 1925, and they are called Norwegian Americans (here in Norway we called them “norskamerikanere”. The reason why they come to the United States was the same as the other immigrants, because they don`t had a job. Today it`s really few or no one here from Norway who went to the U.S as an immigrant. That`s because we have good society and job opportunities here in Norway too. 

That was what I wanted to tell you today. It`s so much, but I couldn’t write about everything, so I took just what I think was most important. Tomorrow (I promise) I will write about slavery, rejoice! I found that really interesting, and hope you do that too.  

Goodbye, talk to you tomorrow