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Tell the difference between old
immigrants and new immigrants
Before 1880s: Britain, Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia; skilled workers; spoke English
After 1880’s: Ireland, Southern and eastern Europe Czechs, Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, poles, Russians and Slovaks (native language);
Eastern orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism
What was steerage and what was the journey to America like for immigrants traveling in steerage?
Area on ship’s lower levels near steering mechanisms
Cramped Poor ventilation No privacy Seasickness Disease
How did immigrants adapt to the differences between the United States and their homelands?
Lived in neighborhoods with others who shared their nationality
Newspapers in own languages Founded schools, churches Local shops Store credit
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