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Title: Immigration in the US


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Immigration in the US
  • People and Places

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The Colonial Period
  • French established colonies in the lower
    Mississippi Valley (New Orleans 1718) where the
    fertile soil and warm climate enabled the
    settlers to establish successful farms and
    plantations.
  • Population of French immigrants - 80,000
  • English population of 1,500,000 was concentrated
    in the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic
    seaboard.
  • 16th Century -Spanish centered around Florida and
    southern areas totaling 200,000
  • Dutch arrived in 1609- Dutch West India Co. up
    to 8,000

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The Mid-Nineteenth Century
  • Northern Europeans
  • Irish Famine 2 million migrated to US
  • By 1840s British numbered more than half of all
    emigrants leaving from Europe
  • 1848-1858 over 1 million Germans migrated to the
    US

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The Turn of the Twentieth Century
  • Southern and Eastern Europe
  • Russians came in 1900s
  • Italians, from 1890-1900, 655,888 arrived in the
    US, of whom 2/3s were men
  • 1901-1910 when 8.8 million people arrived
    increasing the total U.S. population by 1 percent
    per year as the U.S. population grew from 76 to
    92 million

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Countries Contributing to the US Population
  • Germany 6,978,000 14.3
  • Italy 5,294,000 10.9
  • Britain 4,898,000 10
  • Ireland 4,723,000 9.7
  • Austria-Hungary 4,315,000 8.9
  • Russia 3,374,000 6.9
  • Sweden 1,272,000 2.6
  • Norway 856,000 1.8
  • France 751,000 1.5
  • Greece 655,000 1.3
  • Portugal 446,000 .9
  • Turkey 385,000 .8
  • Denmark 364,000 .7
  • Holland 359,000 .7
  • Finland 33,000 .1

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Major Cities for Immigrants
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