They crossed over a "land bridge" between the countries. The ice froze all the water so they were able to walk across it.
He successfully repelled an invasion by rival claimant Herald Hardrada of norway
Answer
eventually returned to their home countries
Explanation
Many new immigrants entered in the US in the late 1800 in large numbers and most of them were from western and northern Europe. They fled to US because there was job shortage in their country and also crops farming failed due to their land being infertile and famine.There was also high taxation in their countries. Others were moving to US to seek for freedom due to the political and religion persecution. Many immigrants eventually returned to their home countries this is because in their mind they didn't come for a permanent stay.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the TELEPHONE in 1876. It is a device that lets two people have a conversation even when they are far from each other. This could be done by sending signals through cables. Alexander Graham Bell began a new era of communication with his invention of the telephone.