The Emigration from Sweden to the USA 

• The Frontier • Sweden during the 1800's • The early emigration  • The reasons for the emigration • Mass emigration • Job opportunities in the USA • Moving certificates • The journey  • The emigrant ticket • The arrival to the USA - Ellis Island • Ship manifests • Homestead Acts  • Where did they settle • Number of Swedish-born in the USA

• Swedish names of places in the US • Swedes in the cities • Swedes' names in the USA   • American citizenship (Naturalization) • Swedish culture in the USA • Weakening of the Swedishness   • The American Civil War • Dakota Uprising of 1862  • West Lake Massacre 1862 • Swede shot by Jesse James Gang • The Johnson's - an emigrant family • The Sjöberg snusdosa

• Gold rush • Law and order in the Old West • U.S. Census • Conscription in the USA • Swedes who made it in the USA • Vilhelm Moberg's Emigrant Epos • The US Constitution • The US flag • US States • US Postal Code abr. • Well-known Swedish-Americans • How to navigate in the article

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