America and I | Historical Context
Immigrants in the 1900s
Between 1891 and 1910, around twelve million immigrants arrived in the United States. Unlike the wave of immigrants the United States had seen in the mid-1800s, the majority of these so-called new immigrants came from countries in southern or eastern Europe. Most of the Jewish families fled their homelands to escape religious or political persecution, whereas other immigrants sought improved economic opportunities.
Millions of immigrants first set foot on American soil on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. Hundreds of thousands then settled in...
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