IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, 1870-1900 (BY AREA OF ORIGIN)
Northern and Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
600-
Asia, Africa, and the Americas
500-
400-
Immigrants (thousands)
300-1
200-
100-
1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900
Year of Arrival
Which of the following best accounts for the curve on the graph above depicting immigration to the United
States from Asia, Africa and the Americas between 1882 and 1900?