2. GERMAN EMIGRANTS

3. When and why did the Germans move to the USA? Many Germans left Europe (1683-1983) in hope of a better life in the USA. In this early period, German immigrants came from the states of Pfalz, Baden Württenberg, Hessen and the bishoprics (Bistümer) Osnabrück, Münster and Mainz.

4. MAP OF GERMAN EMIGRANTS This is a map of the United States of America. In the blue-marked states, there are most of the Germans who have moved to the USA.

5. Their jobs German businesses such as the lager beer industry. Very few German women had jobs in a factory or worked as clerks. They also worked as bakers, domestic workers, hotel keepers, laundry workers, saloon keepers, tailors and nurses!

6. Religion Most Germans immigrants were Protestants: perhaps a third of German immigrants were Catholics and around 250.000 were Jewish. There were considerable problems with the Lutheran community in the USA,.

7. By Johanna& Stephanie

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