It could be stated some of this was due to the start of the 2nd world war, but one of the bigger parts would be the smuggling of alcohol on the black market and the large amount of different religions, currently flooding in in such a large wave.
There were more than 1 person running for president, meaning it was the first contested election
pocahontas, little snow-feather.
what possessed you to marry that pale stranger
to cross the blue, blue Atlantic.
leaving behind your mother and your father?
How naive you were to think they wouldn't destroy you...
but pocahontas, little snow-Feather,
bones under England soil it is your spirit
not that of Cortez or colonel Forsyth your
generosity your love which will survive
It would be because the homestead act