How was the wave of us immigration in the late 1800 different from the previous wave of immigration in the mid 1800’s

The immigrants in the late nineteenth century were primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe. The immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century were primarily from Western Europe, especially the Irish who were escaping the potato famine in Ireland.

nativists tried to get rid of the immigrants as they thought they were going to ruin the u.s.  

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