Eugenic StatesMain MenuIntroductionCritical Themes in the History of EugenicsEugenic Practices in California, Iowa, and North CarolinaWhat We Can Say with DataAcknowledgementsCreditsGianna May Sanchezb6deef7be4c4843975b8218d24ae92e68f945198Jacqueline D. Wernimont0fd93c1c719c2743c38d4f791d551a6d56a04fedAlexandra Minna Stern890e264c2ef7645d038bfeae8ec718e694c9c9ee
Race and Immigration
1media/AmericaWelcomesItsNewCitizens.webp2020-06-19T14:02:07+00:00Jacqueline D. Wernimont0fd93c1c719c2743c38d4f791d551a6d56a04fed43912visual_path2026-08-11T19:05:41+00:00Jacqueline D. Wernimont0fd93c1c719c2743c38d4f791d551a6d56a04fedIn the 75 years before World War I, the number of immigrants to the United States rose sharply. In the 1850s, only about 2.2 million foreign-born people lived in the country. That figure doubled within 10 years and climbed steadily until it peaked in the 1930s, when about 14.2 million of the nation’s residents had been born abroad.
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