AP Success - AP US History: English Immigrant's Account of the Midwest
The United States population nearly doubled every 25 years starting in 1775. This pattern continued into the 19th century until it was interrupted by the Civil War.
We had already travelled nearly seven thousand miles. Our food had been principally dried provisions... Already we had been on the vessel twenty-four hours, when just at nightfall the packet stopped: a little boat was lowered into the water, and we were invited to collect our luggage and descend into it, as we were at Phillip’s Ferry... there was no appearance of a landing place, no luggage yard, nor even a building of any kind within sight... we, however, attended to our directions, and in a few minutes saw ourselves standing by the brink of the river, bordered by a dark wood, with no one near to notice us or tell us where we might procure accommodation or find harbour... It was in the middle of November, and already very frosty. My husband and I looked at each other till we burst into tears, and our children observing our disquietude began to cry bitterly. Is this America, thought I, is this the reception I meet with after my long, painfully anxious and bereaving voyage?
"Rebecca Burlend recalls her emigration from England to Illinois, 1848." American Yawp.
Question 1
Briefly identify one perspective about immigrating to the United States described in the excerpt.
Question 2
Briefly identify one economic trend in the United States that influenced the writer's journey.
Question 3
Briefly explain one effect of immigration from Western Europe on the American economy between 1800 and 1850.
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