From what areas were the majority of the new immigrants who poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920? (new immigration)

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Catherine Fernandez

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27 August, 16:46

From what areas were the majority of the new immigrants who poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920? (new immigration)

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Averie Bell · Answer 1

Southern, Eastern and Central Europe

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The period from 1880 and 1920 was a time of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. It received more than 20 million immigrants. The immigration began in 1890s and the majority of migrants were from Southern, Eastern and Central Europe. From 1890s to 1900s more than four million people entered the United States. Over two million Jews entered the US to flee the religious persecution between 1880 and 1920.

1907 was the peak year for admitting new immigrants as approximately 1.3 million people entered US legally. The immigration decline after the outbreak of World War One. congress made it mandatory for the migrants over 16 to pass literacy tests and established immigration quotas in early 1920s.