Changing US immigration
about 80m people migrated to us between 1820-2015 including 42m who were alive in 2015
us had 3 main eras of immigration
-colonial settlement in the 17th century and 18th century
-mass european immigration in the late 19th and early 20th century
-asian and latin american immigration in the late 20th and early 21st century
US immigration of independence
us population in 1790, the 1st census after independence, was 3.9 million, including 950000 who immigrated to one of the colonies now part of the us
europe - according to 1790, about 62% of immigrants went to europe
sub-saharan africa - most emigrated as slaves
US immiugration; mid 19th to early 20th century
-between 1820-1920 32m people immigrated to us
-nearly 90% of them emigrated to europe
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