Often stereotyped and discriminated against, many immigrants suffered verbal and physical abuse because they were "different." While large-scale immigration created many social tensions, it also produced a new vitality in the cities and states in which the immigrants settled.
What details from the reading help explain why immigrants came to America? Push factors such as famine, war or persecution or pull factors such as economic opportunities or religious freedom.
The Truman Doctrine was created by then-President Harry S. Truman in 1947. The purpose of the doctrine was to counter Soviet expansion into Europe during the Cold War.
