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How did the New Immigration differ from the Old Immigration and how did Americans respond to it?

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Old immigrants were generally from North and West Europe and commonly could be classified as WASPS (White Anglo Saxon Protestants). New Immigrants were from South and East Europe where they were Catholic and had different cultures than what Americans at that point were used to. Also, there were immigration from Asia, mostly the Chinese, on the West Coast. The Americans liked the old immigration but forced the New immigrants to assimilate.

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