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Industrial Revolution · TURNING POINT ·

Ellis Island (1892)

1892 — The federal immigration station opens in New York harbour. About 22 million immigrants enter the United States between 1880 and 1914, most from southern and eastern Europe, and they staff its mills and mines.

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Turning point
Chapter
Industrial Revolution in America (chapter 9 of Industrial Revolution)
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The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
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Map showing Ellis Island (1892), turning point in The Industrial Revolution, 1750–1914
TURNING POINT · THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750–1914

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