IN CONTEXT
Mass migration and population growth
1840s The Irish potato famine leads to mass emigration.
1848 The failure of liberal revolutions sparks large-scale German emigration.
c.1870 Major emigration of Jews from Russia begins as they flee persecution.
1882 Restrictions are placed on the entry of Chinese into the United States.
1880s Mass emigration from Italy begins.
1900 The population of Europe reaches 408 million; the United States, 76 million.
1907 The largest number of immigrants in a single year enters the United States: more than 1 million.
1954 Ellis Island closes.
By the mid-19th century, the world was experiencing an unprecedented ...
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