USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -With the growth of factories and the demand for unskilled labor, immigrants, primarily young men in the working years, continued to be the ideal source of labor. Immigrants were generally more willing to accept lower wages and inferior working conditions than native born workers (Zolberg 2006: 69).

Detailed explanation-2: -Often stereotyped and discriminated against, many immigrants suffered verbal and physical abuse because they were “different.” While large-scale immigration created many social tensions, it also produced a new vitality in the cities and states in which the immigrants settled.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the first few decades of the Great Wave, between 1840 and 1860, over 4 million people-a greater number than the entire national population in 1790-immigrated to the United States. The majority of these immigrants were from Ireland and Germany, with a significant number from Scandinavia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1880 and 1920, a time of rapid industrialization and urbanization, America received more than 20 million immigrants. Beginning in the 1890s, the majority of arrivals were from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.