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immigration waves in the USA ( recorded by cbilyeu ), American - Midwest/Neutral




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The United States was peopled gradually /
by successive waves of immigration /
coming from all over the world./
Mass immigration started after 1815.
Between 1815 and 1860, /
5 million people immigrated to the United States,/
they came from Ireland, /
the rest of the British Isles , /
Germany , /
France , /
Holland and Switzerland.
These people left their countries /
for a variety of reasons ,/
for example one of the main cause /
was political instability or demographic growth, /
they also suffered from religious persecutions /
and economic difficulties /
(famine in Ireland in 1846-1847) /
so they decided to flee.
Between 1860 and 1880,/
10 million people /
mainly from the British Isles and Germany /
immigrated to the USA.
Between 1880 and 1914 , /
15 million immigrants arrived in America. /
The ethnic background of immigrants /
began to change , /
they came from Eastern and Southerrn European countries . /
Their arrival /
met with the hostility of American people /
who demanded /
that immigration should become selective./
The first measure /
aiming at controlling immigration /
was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 /
which prevented Chinese /
from settling in America. In 1917 , /
the Literacy Test /
(aimed at checking if immigrants could read) /
was implemented./
Then , /
there were quota laws /
to reduce the numbers of immigrants./
In 1965 ,
/ the Quota laws were modified./