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many immigrants realized that America wasn't all that great but few went back

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Life for immigrants was hard, the industries they worked for had hazardous conditions and low wages.

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if the immigrants were criminals or unhealthy, they were sent back where they came from

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Immigrants went to cities which was making the population higher and higher.

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after arriving at Ellis Island, immigrants are inspected and questioned

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thousands of immigrants came through Ellis Island

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Russian and Polish Jews worked for trade or markets in New York. They also came to work in the farmlands.

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Others had to come to America to work in coal mines or steel mills.

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Immigrants came to America to get away from religious, racial, and political persecution.

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By 1910 Eastern and Southern Europeans made up 70% of the immigrants.

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after the 1890's immigration went from 3.5 million to 9 million