CLEP US History I

Category - Society

The majority of immigrants in the mid-19th century came from Ireland with which of the following nations sending the second most?
  1. Mexico
  2. Germany
  3. England
  4. Switzerland
  5. Italy
Explanation
Answer: B - After the Irish, the majority of immigrants were German. The United States had always hosted a number of German immigrants due to its Protestant roots. However, that number increased dramatically in the mid-19th century as German immigrants filled the American Midwest. Mexican and Italian immigrants would begin to come in large numbers at the end of the 19th century.
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