Immigration Notes

Ellis Island

The Lower East Side

Chinese Exclusion Act

Pogroms

• Immigration to this country was primarily Northern and Western Europe before 1880.  From 1880 to 1914 it was primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe.

• Immigrants came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for many different reasons. 

Jonathan Rees
Associate Professor of History
Colorado State University - Pueblo
2200 Bonforte Boulevard
Pueblo, CO 81001
(719) 549-2541

E-Mail: Jonathan [dot] Rees [at] colostate-pueblo [dot] edu

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