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Imigration to North America slowed.
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Over two thirds of the population was of British Origin
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The census indicated that 20 percent of the American population was of African origin
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Between about 1815 and the start of World War I in 1914, immigration tended to increase with each passing decade.
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The U.S. Bureau of the Census was able to announce that the American settlement frontier was gone entirely.
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By this time, well over four-fifths of all immigrants were from areas of Europe, especially Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia.
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The United States passed its first major legislation to restrict immigration.
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The farm population dropped from 15 million to 6 million.
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less than 10% of the population in 1790 could loosely be defined as urban. In 1990 over three fourths was urbanized
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The United States had a population approaching 250 million, with a density of roughly 235 people per square kilometer.