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1812
War of 1812 slowed immigration to a trickle, but after the war was over in 1814 major cities were overwhelmed with new comers -
1820
Industrial Revolution begun
Thousands of immigrants went out west for the gold rush from both Asia and Europe -
1880
The journey to America has gotten easier due to new technology.
Middle East, Mediterranean, Europe and Canada.
9% of Norways population had moved to America -
Period: to
1880-1930
27 million people entered the United States
12 million through Ellis Island -
1882
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, severely restricting the Chinese -
1892
Ellis Island, New York opened and nearly all immigrants came through there -
1914
WW1 started to change the view of immigration, nationalism, and suspicion of foreigners increased, therefore a series of laws in 1920's limited the flow of immigration. -
1930
The great depression and WW2 decrease immigration because no one wants to come and they were turned away. -
1790
3.9 million population
20% African American
Scotish, German, English, French
Did not take into account of Native Americans -
1840-1850
Irish came to escape a nightmare of a famine back home, 1.5 million died from the famine in Ireland while 1.5 million immigrated to the states