USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike earlier immigrants, who mainly came from northern and western Europe, the “new immigrants” came largely from southern and eastern Europe. Largely Catholic and Jewish in religion, the new immigrants came from the Balkans, Italy, Poland, and Russia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1880s and early 1890s, as Irish and German immigration began to slow, Italians, Poles, Slovaks and other immigrants from southern and eastern European countries began to arrive in the United States in greater numbers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The majority of these immigrants were Irish, German, and British. Emigration from China to the west coast also increased during this time period. by 1860 Chinese immigrants constituted approximately 25% of California’s population.

Detailed explanation-4: -European Immigration: 1880-1920 Beginning in the 1890s, the majority of arrivals were from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. In that decade alone, some 600, 000 Italians migrated to America, and by 1920 more than 4 million had entered the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most Southern European immigrants were motivated by economic opportunity in the United States, while Eastern Europeans (primarily Jews) fled religious persecution.