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What was one effect of immigration to the United States by people from Eastern and Southern Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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Low-skilled newcomers were supplied labor for industrialization, and higher-skilled arrivals helped spur innovations in agriculture and manufacturing. The data also show that the long-term benefits of immigration did not come at short-term cost to the economy as whole

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