3 janv. 1880 - Wave of Immigration

Description:

- "New Immigration"
- Cheaper passage allows for immigration from poorer countries
- Mostly Southern and Eastern Europeans
- Tended to be less skilled
- Mostly Catholic and Jewish
- Stayed in the cities

PUSH FACTORS
- Break up of feudalism in Eastern Europe
- Population growth resulting from decline in death rate
- Religious and political
persecution

PULL FACTORS
- Industrial rev. provides tons of low-skill jobs in cities
- Active recruitment of immigrant workers from American companies
- Exaggerated letters home from immigrants made America seem like the best place in the world