#3 -During earlier immigration, the majority of immigrants came from Western/Northern Europe (for example from Italy), while in the later 1800s, immigration was largely from Southern/Eastern Europe.
The correct answer is C) early immigrants came largely from Northern and Western Europe, while later immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe.
<em>Immigration patterns from the late 1800s differ from earlier immigration patterns in that early immigrants came largely from Northern and Western Europe, while later immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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In the late 1800s, the United State represented a land of opportunities from many people that lived in Europe. The European immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe experienced many problems in their home countries such as lack of job opportunities, famine, heavy taxation, and problems to farm the land.
