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As you learned from the Roots lesson, many people immigrated (moved) to New York City from other countries. This is a chart showing the number of "foreign-born" people immigrating to New York City from the years 1855 to 1990. It also shows in what countries they were born.
Notes: This chart is extracted from one compiled by James Bradley for The Encyclopedia of the City of New York, edited by Kenneth T. Jackson (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995), pp. 584-585. The blanks are in the original but are unexplained. Directions: Print a copy of this page and answer the following questions. Base your answers to the questions on the above chart, the Roots of American Culture Lesson page, and your knowledge of social studies. 1.
In what year did the
largest number of immigrants from China arrive in New York city? ______________________________________________ 2. In 1990, most immigrants to New York City came from what country? 3.
After
1940, the number of immigrants from European countries (countries in BLUE)
decreased. From your knowledge of history, what is a possible
reason for this decrease? _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
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