Answer: there was a new trend of immigrants coming from Eastern and Southern parts of Europe
Explanation: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, majority of immigrants were from Ireland, Scandinavia and Great Britain, the Northern and Western parts of Europe. But increasingly, there was a new trend of immigrants who also arrived from the Eastern and Southern parts of Europe along with some immigrants from Asia and South America. In the first 2 decades of the 20th Century, immigrants numbered more than 15 million.