New York Post
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Jews from Eastern andWestern Europe, Greeks, Italians, West Indians, Japanese, and others continued to stream into the United States, greatly increasing the populations in many cities. (article 1)
Cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Chicago grew rapidly as the number of immigrants increased and as blacks left the South because of racial violence and lack of job opportunities. (article 1)
That United States had grown from a collection of 13 colonies along the Eastern seaboard to an area that stretched beyond the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. (article 3)
In the North and the East, roads and canals - human-made waterways - were being built to link the growing country together. (article 3)
THE Industrial Revolution - the period in which manufacturing and factories dominated the economy - got into high gear after the CivilWar. (article 4)
Europe was going through yet another series of crises, and the pushes and pulls again worked together to bring a new load of immigrants into the country. (article 4)
In Poland, Hungary, and Russia, Jews were targeted for discrimination and pogroms (government-sanctioned violence against a certain group). (article 4)
Some sources estimate that more than 7 million immigrants live here illegally while other sources say that number may be as high as 11 million. (article 5)
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Story keywords
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immigrants, Illegal, immigration, America, Blacks |
Source articles
- 20TH CENTURY – NEW CHALLENGES AND CHANGES (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 594 words)
- THE STORY OF AMERICA’S PEOPLE (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 534 words)
- 1820-1900: CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 571 words)
- 1890 TO THE PRESENT: IMMIGRATION LAW AND NEW PEOPLES (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 534 words)
- New York Post (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 583 words)
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