Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan faduwar Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth a 1795, yawancin Lithuania an haɗa su cikin Daular Rasha. Farkon masana'antu da aikin gona na kasuwanci bisa ga gyare-gyaren Stolypin, da kuma kawar da bautar a 1861, ya 'yantar da manoma kuma ya mai da su ma'aikata masu ƙaura. Matsin lamba na masana'antu, haramtacciyar 'yan jarida ta Lithuania, rashin jin daɗin jama'a
, dakile 'yancin addini da talauci ya sa' yan Lithuania da yawa, musamman bayan yunwa a 1867<unk>1868, suka yi hijira daga Daular Rasha zuwa Amurka har zuwa barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Farko. Baƙi ya ci gaba duk da ƙoƙarin Tsarist don sarrafa kan iyaka da hana irin wannan asarar yawan jama'a. Tun da Lithuania a matsayin ƙasa ba ta wanzu a lokacin, mutanen da suka isa Amurka an rubuta su a matsayin Yaren mutanen Poland, Jamusanci ko Rasha; Bugu da ƙari, saboda haramcin yare a Lithuania da yaduwar yaren Poland a wancan lokacin, ba a rubuta sunayensu na Lithuania kamar yadda suke a yau ba. A sakamakon haka, ba a samun bayanai game da shige da fice na Lithuania kafin 1899 saboda Lithuanians masu shigowa ba a yi rajistar su a matsayin Lithuanians ba. Sai bayan 1918, lokacin da Lithuania ta kafa 'yancin kai, baƙi zuwa Amurka sun fara yin rajista a matsayin Lithuanians. Wannan rukunin farko na baƙi na Lithuania zuwa Amurka ya ƙare lokacin da Majalisar Dokokin Amurka ta zartar da Dokar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa a 1921, sannan Dokar Shige da Fice ta 1924. Dokar Shige da Fice ta 1924 an yi niyya ne don takaita Yammacin Turai da Kudancin Turai waɗanda suka fara shiga ƙasar da yawa tun daga shekarun 1890.