Poverty 1800's
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By the 1800's European immigrants arrived in America. These immigrants worked as Guestworkers, or workers that had temporary jobs like ranching, farming, and mining and then when they finished they would go back home. The European Guestworkers could not go between the borders. Following the end of the Mexican-American War, Mexicans arrived in America to become migrant workers that could come and go freely between the borders unlike the Europeans. Mexican migrant workers and European Guestworkers both were considered poor in their own countries and America did not help much to make them more wealthy.
Slaves tried escaping with all their might, yet with no success until the Underground Railroad was established. This helped slaves escape their appalling, rough life. The slaves had to live in fear of their owners catching them and punishing them for days, weeks or even months. Some white Americans had the courage to take in these escaping slaves and give up their homes, which were called "safehouses". Slaves had to live on the little they had until they reached Canada. Some slaves did not make it and died on their way to freedom. These poor people had rough conditions throughout their entire life.
People of the 1800's began to acknowledge the impoverished and gave an extended focus on morality when caring for these poor people. They believed that the causes of poverty lie in the individual person and that the person made him or herself impoverished by being either an alcoholic or an addict to drugs. Americans of the 1800's strongly believed that alcoholism correlated positively to idleness, immorality and poverty but as we understand now, correlation does not prove causation. The 1800's was a turning point of morality when considering poverty. People began to understand the poor people and began to help each other.
Slaves tried escaping with all their might, yet with no success until the Underground Railroad was established. This helped slaves escape their appalling, rough life. The slaves had to live in fear of their owners catching them and punishing them for days, weeks or even months. Some white Americans had the courage to take in these escaping slaves and give up their homes, which were called "safehouses". Slaves had to live on the little they had until they reached Canada. Some slaves did not make it and died on their way to freedom. These poor people had rough conditions throughout their entire life.
People of the 1800's began to acknowledge the impoverished and gave an extended focus on morality when caring for these poor people. They believed that the causes of poverty lie in the individual person and that the person made him or herself impoverished by being either an alcoholic or an addict to drugs. Americans of the 1800's strongly believed that alcoholism correlated positively to idleness, immorality and poverty but as we understand now, correlation does not prove causation. The 1800's was a turning point of morality when considering poverty. People began to understand the poor people and began to help each other.