Discuss Jewish immigration to the United States from 1880-1920. Be sure to discuss the reasons they came, from what countries they came, where they settled, what type of jobs they took and how they rose into the middle class.Why do you think both the Jewish and Irish immigrants were so active in the labor movement and formation of labor unions? Compare the way the educated German-Jewish immigrants treated the later arriving, less educated Jews from eastern Europe to the way the Scotch-Irish treated the Irish who came after the potato famine.
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