WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Japan and China
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England, Ireland, and Germany
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Russia, the Balkans, and Italy
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Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although immigrants come to the United States every year, the immigrants who arrived between the years 1820-1890 were unique in many ways. Immigrants from this timeframe were known as ‘’old immigrants. ‘’ Old immigrants were primarily from Northwestern European countries such as Germany, Ireland, England, and France.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1870 and 1900, the largest number of immigrants continued to come from northern and western Europe including Great Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia. But “new” immigrants from southern and eastern Europe were becoming one of the most important forces in American life.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -During the 1870s and 1880s, the vast majority of these people were from Germany, Ireland, and England-the principal sources of immigration before the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -"Old” immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe, while “new“ immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe.