germans
Chinese Railroad men
Yes, that is accurate. According to the Library of Congress, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, most came from Germany, Ireland, and England. But by the 1890s, that changed dramatically: by the turn of the century, there was a new wave of European immigrants, and they came mainly from Italy, Poland, and Russia. From 1870 to 1919, more than 23 million European immigrants came to the US, far exceeding any other immigrant groups.
By the end of the 1880's most of the immigrants to the United States were coming from Europe. An equal number were also coming from Asia to work on the railroads in the West. Europeans came here to either work in the factories or farm the land.
B Italians C Poles D Jews E Slavs were "New Immigrants". Germans and Brits came first in earlier decades.
Arthurs
The Chinese
Ellis Island was the main federal Immigration station for the United States. Generally, all groups of immigrants arriving by boat would have been processed here in the 1880s.
American Protective Association
Chinese Railroad men
Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe who formed a recognizable wave of immigration from the 1880s until 1924, in contrast to the wave of immigrants from western Europe who had come before them. These new immigrants congregated in ethnic urban neighborhoods, where they worried many native-born Americans, some of whom responded with nativist anti-immigrant campaigns and others of whom introduced urban reforms to help immigrants assimilate.
APEX- there were more immigrants from eastern Europe
Labors demanded a thriving industrial economy that helped drive immigration to record levels.
Yes, that is accurate. According to the Library of Congress, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, most came from Germany, Ireland, and England. But by the 1890s, that changed dramatically: by the turn of the century, there was a new wave of European immigrants, and they came mainly from Italy, Poland, and Russia. From 1870 to 1919, more than 23 million European immigrants came to the US, far exceeding any other immigrant groups.
By the end of the 1880's most of the immigrants to the United States were coming from Europe. An equal number were also coming from Asia to work on the railroads in the West. Europeans came here to either work in the factories or farm the land.
Most Italian immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1914: about 300,000 in the 1880s, 600,000 in the 1890s, and more than 2,000,000 in th decade after that.
B Italians C Poles D Jews E Slavs were "New Immigrants". Germans and Brits came first in earlier decades.
Basketball wasn't even invented yet in the 1880s.