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Immigration to North America slowed
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during the first 150 years until this dates Europeans moved westward only as far as the eastern flanks of the Appalachian mountains.
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This census indicated that 20% of the american population was of African origin
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10% of th epopulation could even loosely be defined as urban
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At the time of the first national census of the United States, more than two-thirds of the white population was of british origin, with Germans and Dutch next in importance.
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Immigration tended to increse with each passing decade
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for the first half of this time period, most migrants continued to come from northwestern Europe.
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the frontier reached the pacific Ocean, the U.S. bereau of the Census was able to announce that the American Settlement frontier was gone entirely.
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By this time, wel over four-fifths of all immigrants were from these areas of Europe, especially Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia
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Immigration got cut to its annual high durig this year.
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The united States passed its first major legislation to restrict immigration during this time.
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The restriction of immigration coupled with the Great Depression and World War II.
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The number of arrivals increased somewhat
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More liberal immigration laws were passed.
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for example, the farm population fell from more than 15 million to under 6 million
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U.S. population statisticcs sugest that a fourth major mobility period was at hand.
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The philppines, Mexico, and the West Indies provided the greatest number of migrants to the united States
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The united states had a population approaching 250 million, with a density of roughly 235 people per square kilometer.
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over three quarters was urbanized