Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass immigration
from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered
the
population's ethnic and religious composition. Unlike earlier
immigrants, who had come from Britain, Canada, Germany,
Ireland, and Scandinavia, the “new immigrants” came increasingly
from Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Russia. The newcomers
were
often Catholic or Jewish and two-thirds of them settled
in cities. In this section from our online textbook, you
will learn about the new immigrants and the anti-immigrant
reaction.