History of the United States II / Unit 4 USH2 0464 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The New Immigration
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The idea
From the eighteen eighties, arrivals from southern and eastern Europe rose sharply while those from northern and western Europe stayed roughly constant.
In practice
More than nine million immigrants arriving between nineteen hundred and nineteen ten.
Where people slip
The Yawp names Italians, Poles and Eastern European Jews as the new groups, overtaking the Irish and Germans.
Your place on the trail
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