Title: German Immigration to America: History for kids ***
Headings: German Immigration to America
German Immigration to America
Content: The Forty-Eighters
German Immigration to America increased significantly following the European Revolutions of 1848 within the German states in which rebels fought for unification of the German people. The failure of the revolutionists led to a wave of political refugees who fled to the United States, who became known as the Forty-Eighters. The Forty-Eighters helped to developed the beer and wine making industries in the US. A favored destination of many of the Forty-Eighters was Galveston, Texas. History of German Immigration to America in the 1800's: The First Wave of German Immigration
The great waves of German Immigration to America occurred in the 1800's. The First Wave of German immigration occurred from the 1840's up to the American Civil War (1861 to 1865). Germany, like many other European countries, suffered from serious crop failures including the pot