In the 1840s a rapid surge of immigration was brought to the United States. The Germans and Irish fleeing from economic depression and famine fueled the sudden increase of the American population by more than double what it had been. However, it was mainly the North that these new immigrants were flocking to. …show more content…
Many of the reconstruction plans involved freedom for blacks and their basic rights. Even so, black codes were created and passed in the South. Though blacks were segregated from the whites, they were given more opportunities to find jobs and be educated. In the coined “New South”, they tried to start making railroads again. Progress was made but they still were not able to reach the level the North had acquired. But that did not matter because to most people, except for radicals, because progress had been