History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1833 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Scale of Immigration
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The idea
The witnesses record over five million immigrants arriving in the United States between eighteen twenty and eighteen sixty, against about five thousand a year earlier.
In practice
Six hundred thousand in the eighteen thirties and two point six million in the eighteen fifties.
Where people slip
This entry is witness-sourced. The anchor gives no immigration figures anywhere, and Unit 09 flagged the gap when it arose.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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