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After 1880, thenew immigrants from southern and southeastern Europe provided workers and consumers for burgeoning urban market places. They worked for less then workers in the United States,
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From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the major U.S. point of entry for immigrants coming to America across the Atlantic Ocean.
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This island welcomed incoming immigrants in the west coast between 1910 and 1940.
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1954 Ellis Island closed for good.
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When immigration revived in 1965, the percentage of upscale immigrants was higher than in any other period in American history.