Settlements

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  • Period: to

    Emigration to North America slowed

  • More than two-thirds of the white population was of British origin, with Germans and Dutch next in importance.

  • Ensus indicated that 20 percent of the American population was of African origin.

  • Period: to

    Immigration tended to increase with each passing decade.

  • Period: to

    Most migrants continued to come from northwestern Europe.

  • The U.S. Bureau of the Census was able to announce that the American settlement frontier was gone entirely.

  • Well over four-fifths of all immigrants were from these areas of Europe, especially Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.

  • The United States passed its first major legislation to restrict immigration.

  • He number of arrivals has increased somewhat.

  • Period: to

    U.S. population statistics for the 1970s and 1980s suggest that a fourth major mobility period is at hand. Areas that had long experienced no change or even declining population size are growing.

  • Population.

    In 1990, the United States had a population approaching 250 million, with a density of roughly 235 people per square kilometer. Three principal zones of population can be identified.

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