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Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids, and then
What best paraphrases the central idea of the excerpt?
answer the question.
In the years around the turn of the century, immigration
Many people came to settle in the United States at
to America reached an all-time high. Between 1880 and
the beginning of the last century. Most of them came
1920, 23 million immigrants arrived in the United
to escape poverty in Europe and start a new life.
States. They came mainly from the countries of Europe,
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There were 23 million people who came to the
especially from impoverished towns and villages in
in United States in the years between 1880 until 1920.
southern and eastern Europe. The one thing they had
That is almost 800,000 people every year.
in common was a fervent belief that in America, life
The immigrants to America were from southern
would be better.
countries and eastern countries in Europe. People in
those countries believed in America.
Immigrants are people who come to one country
from another. They usually come from southern and
eastern Europe.