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green_walrus — 2015-03-28 14:34:17 UTC

(1) Sam, R. (2009, April 06). WHO'S COMING TO AMERICA. New York Times Upfront, (12), 6, Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com http://bit.ly/1F3Kc38

Statistics

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80 percent of immigrants arriving into the US were from Europe. Only 1 percent were from South America, and the least came from Asia and Africa. (1)

Ellis Island

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Laws

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Push from Europe

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In 1882 America made a law that prohibited the immigration of the Chinese into America. (1)

green_walrus — 2015-03-29 12:16:16 UTC

In Ireland, 2 million emigrated to the U.S. after a potato famine caused by a fungus that infected their food source. By 1840, half the population needed potatoes. By 1921, they lost half the population to the famine. (1)

green_walrus — 2015-03-29 12:25:57 UTC

The largest ethnicity that passed through Ellis island was Italian. (1)

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12 million immigrants came through ellis island (2)

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Half the population of the U.S's ancestors came through Ellis Island (2)

green_walrus — 2015-03-29 14:16:44 UTC

(2) Ellis Island. (2013). In ELibrary : ProQuest Research Topics. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com http://bit.ly/1Nr8tCl

Bibliography

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Indians were the most educated. 74% had bachelor's degrees. They also had the largest income, with an average household of 91,000

green_walrus — 2015-03-31 00:20:11 UTC

Benjamin Franklin was afraid that too many immigrants would come, but he did nothing about it.

green_walrus — 2015-04-01 01:01:43 UTC

The process would be entering the building, dropping your bags off, and having a quick medical exam. Afterwards, they were asked up to 29 questions about themselves. anybody who would not be able to support themselves were rejected. After that, they were free to go. (2)

green_walrus — 2015-04-03 13:09:18 UTC

the top ten ethnicities who went through ellis island were

1. Italian 2. Jewish 3. German 4. Polish 5. Scandanavian 6. English 7. Irish 8. Scottish 9. Slovak 10. French (1)

green_walrus — 2015-04-03 13:10:51 UTC

Nowadays, we are worried about Mexican immigration to America (1)

green_walrus — 2015-04-06 13:57:02 UTC

(3) Roney, J. B. (2008, April 01). Religion and Culture in Early Modern Europe: 1500-1800. Journal of Church and State, (2), 376, Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com

green_walrus — 2015-04-06 14:01:50 UTC

Europe didn't allow religions that weren't Catholic or Protestant, and those who practiced other religions would come to America.

Pull from AmericA

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Oppurtunity to buy farms for Germany

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Gold rush made many people come to California from China. Later, America prohibited the Chinese from immigrating to America. (4)

green_walrus — 2015-04-06 18:53:22 UTC

() Klondike Gold Rush. (2012). In ELibrary : ProQuest Research Topics. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com

green_walrus — 2015-04-07 18:12:53 UTC

During World war 1, people from Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia left to go to the U.S. (5)