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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./

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