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Urban housing was overcrowded and unsanitary.

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Urban housing was overcrowded and unsanitary.

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Most industries offered dangerous conditions with very low wages.

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Most industries offered dangerous conditions with very low wages.

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Many did not get stamps of approval because they were deemed...

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Many did not get stamps of approval because they were deemed...

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- criminals
- strikebreakers
- anarchists
- carriers of disease
And were eventually sent back to the place of origin

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Immigrants were detained 3/4 hours, and then free to leave

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Immigrants were detained 3/4 hours, and then free to leave

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Government inspectors asked a list of twenty-nine probing questions:

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Government inspectors asked a list of twenty-nine probing questions:

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- do you have money?
- do you have relatives in the U.S.?
- do you have a job in the U.S.?
- are you a polygamist?
- are you an anarchist?

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- held 12 million European immigrants

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Immigrants who couldn't afford 1st/ 2nd passage came through Ellis Island

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Immigrants who couldn't afford 1st/ 2nd passage came through Ellis Island

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Railroad companies brought in agricultural workers into western farmlands

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Railroad companies brought in agricultural workers into western farmlands

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Russian & Polish Jews worked needle trades/ pushcart

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Russian & Polish Jews worked needle trades/ pushcart

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- Hungarians
- Poles
- Slovaks
- Bohemians
- Italians

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Doctors and nurses check everyone for diseases before they are let out.  

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Doctors and nurses check everyone for diseases before they are let out.  

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Many immigrants were pulled by contract agreements offered by recruiting agents (known as padrones)

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Many immigrants were pulled by contract agreements offered by recruiting agents (known as padrones)

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- religious
- racial
- political prosecution
- seeking relief from lack of economic opportunity
- famine

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1920s - immigration restrictions imposed

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1920s - immigration restrictions imposed

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By 1910, Eastern and Southern Europeans made up 70% of the immigrants entering the country 

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By 1910, Eastern and Southern Europeans made up 70% of the immigrants entering the country 

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After 1880s immigration increased from Eastern and Southern European countries + Canada + Latin America

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After 1880s immigration increased from Eastern and Southern European countries + Canada + Latin America

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Immigration went from 3.5 million to 9 million

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Immigration went from 3.5 million to 9 million