JC western civ: changing u.s. immigration notes

80 million people migrated to the united states between 1820 and 2015, including 42 million who were alive in 2015
three main eras of immigration

colonial settlement in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
mass European immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
asian and Latin American immigration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries

immigration to the American colonies and the newly independent United States come from two principal places, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa
africans were forced to migrate to the united states as slaves whereas most Europeans were voluntary migrants
harsh economic conditions and religious persecution in Europe blurred the distinction between forced and voluntary migration for many Europeans
migration from Europe to the united states peaked at serval points during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

european countries, Germany has sent the largest number of immigrants to the united states 7.2 million
eurpean sources include italy 5.4 million
united ingdom 5.3 million
ireland 4.8 million
russia 4.1 million
about 1/4 of Americans trace their ancestry to German immigrants and 1/8 each to Irish and English immigrants
immigration to the united states dropped sharply in the 1930s and 1940s during the great depression and world war II
the numbers steadily increased beginning in the 1950s and then surged to historically high levels during the first decade of the twenty-first century
more than 3/4 of the recent u.s. immigrants have emigrated from two regions

rapid population growth has limited prospects for economic advancements at home
Europeans left when their countries entered stage 2 of the demographic transition in the nineteenth century
lsyin americans and asians began to leave in large numbers in recent years after their countries entered stage 2
with poor conditions at home immigrant were lured by economic opportunity and soical advancement in the united states

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