WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wegge, Department of Economics, CUNY. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Germans represented the largest non-English speaking group of immigrants in English North America and later what became the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prior to 1871, most immigrants to America came from: northern and western Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden).
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -First Wave 1700-1775 Immigration to the 13 colonies increased after 1700. A wave of 450, 000 immigrants came mostly from Germany, Ireland, and Scotland.