Largest Mass Movement in History
1880-1921, 23 million people immigrated (rec.)
Nearly 46 million people left homelands seeking new countries.
NO quotas, NO papers, NO passports for USA
Demographics After 1880
“Old Immigrants” = Northwestern Europe; Before 1880
“New Immigrants” = Southern & Eastern; After 1880
Who Were They?
Young, Mostly Male, and Catholic & Jewish
Spoke little or no English
What Did They Do?
Unskilled agricultural laborers
Push & Pull Factors
Economic Decline Begins in Europe
Immigrants end up coming to the USA for .
Industrial Revolution Effect
replace cheaply
Unhygienic living conditions,
“Their standard