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"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
how was the wave of U.S immigration in the late 1800s different from the previous wave of immigration in the mid-1800s?
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"Old" immigrants were from Western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.
New Immigration was the term given to immigrants from Southern Europe and Russia. Many of these immigrants were from Italy, Hungary, Poland, and Greece.
They came in from Ellis Island mainly. considering they were in the same ocean.(Atlantic)
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The Chinese exclusion act was passed in the late 1800's. The exclusion act prevented the immigration of the Chinese laborers.
cuba was trying to achieve independence from spain in the late 1800's. many cubans came to the us to escape the fighting and disorder
Immigration increased! who ealse was going to take all that land? Elmo?!?
When the laws were passed certain immigrants moved back to where they came from and the population of immigration went down.
Most girls in the 1800's did not go to college but Julia did.