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Disadvantages held back immigrants from finding jobs and becoming wealthy. Immigrants were basically starting from scratch. It was clear that the American dream was based off of wealth because immigrants were leaving their own native land. Immigrants would not leave their country if they did not know America was the best place to accomplish the American dream. 1. "The producers of all wealth and virtue . - And now? –French Canadians, Chinese, Coolies, utterly oppressed Negroes, imported Italians and Poles- all without any education, without any American pride of manhood, are being praised as the best laborers, as the veritable blessing to our varied and growing industry, as the corner-stone to our national wealth." This time period was marked by being successful and being wealthy. If you had money you were considered a part of the upper class. Immigrants who have lived in their native countries, coming to America would be a major culture shock for them. They would be put into situations that they have never been in before. For example an immigrant does not speak English they would have a hard time getting a job because of the difficulty communicating with other workers. They have been speaking the same language for their entire lives and not knowing how to speak English could be a real disadvantage. Also immigrants would not know how to live their life like an American. Every culture is different and it would take them some time to get used to the culture of America. .
Immigrants who were looking to start a new life had to start from scratch in America if they wanted to reach the American dream. A disadvantage that immigrants could have faced while they were headed to America was not having enough money. If immigrants wanted to come to America they would first need to have enough money for a ticket to take a ship. If they did have sufficient funds to do this they would also need to have enough money to have somewhere to live and buy property and a home.