... for a better life. The United States had long been the world's chief receiving nation for immigrants and refugees. The country has had four major periods of immigration. The first wave began in what is now the United States, with the colonists of the 1600s and reached a peak just before the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775. The second major flow of immigrants started in the 1820s and lasted until a depression in the early 1870s. The greatest in pouring of ... 70 % of all immigrants entered through New York City; which became known as the "Golden Door."" (Rise of Industrial America 18...

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