After the early period of settlements, the first sharp increase in immigration took place in the 1830’s and 1840’s. This brought to America flocks of people from northern Europe (1)________________________, and then a great number of Irish people who fled from famine. (2)________________________. Many immigrants from northern and western Europe settled on farms in the Middle-west. The Irish became construction laborers on roads, bridges, and railroads.
In the 1880’s, a tremendous flood of immigrants began coming in, this time largely from southern and eastern Europe. To most Americans, (3)__________________________. Their languages, customs, and ways of life were very different from those of Americans.
who lost employment in the Industrial Revolution
German political refugees arrived shortly after
these new comers seemed far more strange than the earlier settlers
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