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DIRECTIONS: The table below shows the number of people who immigrated to the United States from each of 25 countries between 1899 and 1924. The table also shows the number of immigrants who settled permanently in the United States. Use the information in the table to answer the questions below. Then choose any five countries and, on a separate piece of paper, create a graph showing the number of immigrants from each country.

Immigration, 1899-1924
Ethnic GroupNumber of Immigrants Who CameNumber of Immigrants Who Stayed
Italian3,820,9862,078,616
Hebrew1,837,8551,758,827
German1,316,6141,136,238
Polish1,483,374933,860
Scandinavian936,308809,036
British983,982785,217
Irish808,762736,782
Slovak536,911340,938
Mexican447,065339,322
Croatian/Slovenian485,379309,186
French-Canadian257,219235,870
Greek500,463231,714
Lithuanian263,277209,832
Japanese260,492192,503
Finnish226,922176,999
Dutch/Flemish205,910166,518
Bohemian/Moravian159,319134,625
Portuguese186,244120,500
African135,02998,564
Spanish190,52191,641
Russian 258,98590,645
French158,02581,857
Syrian97,71675,143
Pacific Islander491413
Chinese59,079-19,437

  1. Where did the greatest number of immigrants come from? __________________

  2. Where did the fewest immigrants come from? ____________________________

  3. How many immigrants came from Africa? ______________________________

  4. Did more immigrants come from Poland or from Germany? _________________

  5. How many fewer immigrants came from Syria than from France? _____________

  6. How many fewer Syrian immigrants than French immigrants stayed? __________

  7. Which country sent the greatest number of immigrants who settled permanently in the United States?
    __________

  8. What proportion of immigrants from the Pacific Islands settled permanently in the United States?
    _________________________________________________________

  9. From which country, other than China, did the smallest proportion of immigrants become permanent residents?
    _________________________________________________________

  10. Why did so many Chinese immigrants return to China during this period?
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