How were people in the past able to come to America with literally no money and survive and thrive and some even starting businesses and becoming wealthy? Is that even possible today?

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How were people in the past able to come to America with literally no money and survive and thrive and some even starting businesses and becoming wealthy? Is that even possible today?

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Being from Europe helped a great deal. Africans, Mexicans, Native Americans and others make up certain subclasses that the European immigrant was able to separate themselves from, by the color of their skin. not saying it’s they only thing, but it sure helped to be white in those days. European immigrants were welcomed with opportunities compared to the treatment of recently freed enslaved people.

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