USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The early immigrants were primarily Protestants from northwestern Europe, as can be seen from the ethnic breakdown of the U.S. population in the first census of 1790: English 49%, African 19%, Scots-Irish 8%, Scottish 7%, German 7%, Dutch 4%, French 3%, other 3%.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Irish made up the majority of immigrants in this period, particularly during the famine years of the 1840s and 1850s when they comprised more than 90 percent of the city’s foreign-born residents.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-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: -Immigrants in the late nineteenth century (1800s) and early twentieth century (1900s) came mainly from eastern and southern Europe. ‘Old’ immigrants (prior to 1890): England, Ireland, and Germany (North or West Europe)