<span>A large number of immigrants arrived, and they sought acculturation programs at settlement houses. Their total population was almost 8 million in numbers. </span>They lived in urban areas and most of them worked for the low paying jobs. The immigrants <span>came from </span>northern<span> and western </span>Europe <span>including Great Britain, </span>Ireland<span>, and Scandinavia. But also a huge number of immigrants were from southern and </span><span>eastern Europe.</span>
