Question

Most “new” immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s came from

Answer 1

Most “new” immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s came from Southern and Eastern Europe.

Further explanation

In the early to mid-1800s, many immigrants from Western and Northen Europe migrated to America. These OLD immigrants came from England, Germany, France, and Ireland. The second wave of immigrants or known as NEW immigrants were traveled to the United States in the late 1800s. These NEW immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe countries such as Italy, Poland, Russia, and Greece.

The new immigrants are very different from the OLD immigrant. They come from different culture, religion and speaks a different language. Most of the new immigrants also were poorer and unskilled. They live in an urban ethnic neighborhood.  

The tension between old and new immigrants often happened. Jobs and resources were overcrowded and high in the competition. Because of the new immigrants were poorer, illiterate and unskilled, to survive they often work for less wages. Many of Americans worried that the new immigrants will cause negative effects on the economy, politics, and culture.    

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Keywords: American History, New Immigrants in the United States, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe

Answer 2

The correct option is D.
In the late 1800s, specifically between 1890 and 1915, the majority of new immigrants that migrated to the United States came mainly from southern and eastern Europe. They are called new immigrants because, they differed culturally from the type of people that were migrating into US before. Most of these new immigrants stayed in the urban areas due to jobs that are available there and majority of them held low paying jobs.