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"I came to America because I hear the streets were paved with gold; second, When I got here, found out three things: First, the streets weren't paved with gold; second, they weren't paved at all: and third, I was expected to pave them."

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Urban housing was overcrowded and unsanitary.

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Most industries offered hazardous conditions and very low wages, lowered further after the padrone took out his share.

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ethnic neighborhoods were comforting bc you could practice your religion and be yourself

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if they weren't accepted they were sent back to their old country

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doctors checked immigrants for diseases

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Government inspectors ask a list of 29 questions such as: "Have you money, relatives or a job in the US? Are you a polygamist? An anarchist?"

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ellis island handled 12 million european immigrants

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Escaping religious, racial, and political persecution, or seeking relief from a lack of economic opportunity or famine still pushed many immigrants out of their homelands.

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railroads advertised the availability of free or really cheap farmland so immigrants would move there

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many immigrants came here bc of labor agreements

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after 1914 immigration dropped off because of the war and later because of restrictions

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1880's immigrants increasingly came from Eastern and Southern European countries. (Canada, Latin America)

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1910 - E&S Europeans made up 70% of immigrants

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Eastern and Southern Europe

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Immigration jumped- 3.5 - 9 million