The United States has been the majority destination of European immigrants. Thus, between 1815 and 1860, five million people from Europe arrived in that country, and between 1860 and 1920, another 27 million entered. Between 1840 and 1920, 6 million Germans, 4.75 million Irish, 4.5 million Italians, 4.2 million English, Welsh and Scottish emigrants, 4.2 million from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 2.3 million from Scandinavia and 2.3 million from the Russian Empire
The first wave of European immigrants to arrive to the United States in the nineteenth century came from D. northwestern Europe--mainly Dutch, German, Irish, etc.
It was a step towards racial equality and a major point in the Civil Rights Movement. Although it took the Voting Rights Act to finally enforce it, African Americans were supposed to be citizens with the right to vote since the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
China was a major country during the Second World War. While China was in the Entente, it never sent troops overseas to fight in Europe, nor did it combat German colonies in the Pacific.
