During the 1800s many immigrants boarded ships to come to America where they could live a better life. Many immigrants came to America in hopes of more money and a better lifestyle. They were driven out of their country because they were not making enough money to support themselves or their families. In the letters from the immigrants it states that they were better off in America, also they had bad living conditions in their home country, they had many people stuck together into one room to sleep. The key aspect of why the immigrants wanted to leave their home countries was the lack of money making potential . In their country they got little amounts of money very slowly. Once the immigrants came to America they were making much more money
