Immigration: The Role Of Immigrants In The 19th Century

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FRQ #1A Although the immigrants arriving during the periods1880 and 1900-1925 were markedly different in culture and origin, the overall American response remained the same. The second wave of immigration brought peoples from the Slavic and Baltic regions of Southern and Eastern Europe, and Chinese and Japanese immigrants on the west coast near Los Angeles and San Francisco. As opposed to the dominant Catholic Irish and English Protestant immigrants of the first wave, this second wave was composed mainly of Jews, Greek Orthodox Christians and Catholics. The period 1880-1925 also saw a decrease in literacy amongst immigrants, as many of the new Europeans were poor and illiterate. During both periods, there was a strong natives’ sentiment
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