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this need was filled once again by immigrants arriving from Europe.

25 million arrived between 1866 and 1915

immigrants had come mainly from northern European countries such as England, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries

1880s most new immigrants were arriving from southern and eastern European countries such as Italy, Poland and Russia.

World War I in 1919, immigration declined dramatically

low through the Depression era of the 1930s and the World War II years of the early 1940s.

began to increase again during the late 1940s, and has risen steadily since that time.

The current phase of immigration history began in 1965, when strict quotas based on nationality were eliminated. In 1978, the United States government set a single annual world quota of 290,000, and this ceiling was raised again in 1990 to 700,000.

pace that at times has exceeded one million new arrivals per year