A Nation of Immigrants: Old immigrants, New immigrants (MIG, SOC) (24 nov 1860 – 24 nov 1910)

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The old immigrants of the United States that migrated into the United States during the early 19th century were mostly from western Europe. They came from the British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia. Most were protestants despite the significant presence of German and Irish Catholics, they often spoke English, and were known to be very literate and come with practical skills which allowed them to settle into rural parts of the United States and develop their lives. On the other hand, nearing the late 19th century an influx of immigrants came into the United States from mostly southern and western Europe. They came from states like Italy, Greece, Croatia, Slovakia, Poland, and Russia. In contrast to the old immigrants, these new immigrants were very poor and were often illiterate. They usually had a hard time settling into the United States and getting accustomed to democratic traditions given that they come from autocratic countries. Furthermore, a large majority of these new immigrants were Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, and Jewish, rather than Protestant majority in the old immigrants. Since most of the new immigrants had a hard time settling into the United States, they often settled into poor urban communities in major cities like New York and Chicago. 25 percent of these new immigrants were young men who sought to gain money through unskilled labor like working in a factory, mining, or taking up construction jobs who would then go back to their native country and share the wealth with their families. The new immigrants were a new wave of immigrants that fell in a lower rung of the social ladder that were unlike the immigrants the Americans knew (old immigrants).

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