How did new immigrants differ from old immigrants?

fueled industrial growth, helped build railroads and worked in factories, mills, and mines, traditions became part of america, became active in labor unions and politics. read more

Old immigrants came to the U.S. and were generally wealthy, educated, skilled, and were from southern and eastern Europe. New immigrants were generally poor, unskilled, and came from Northern and Western Europe. read more

The new wave of immigration was made up of Italians, Croats, Slovaks, Greeks, and Poles and on the west coast Chinese. Many had immigrated to America due to the massive population in the Old World and were unemployed, due to the urbanization of Europe. read more