6%
28%
Asian 4%
Italian 8%
22%
Canadian 6%.
Other Central
European
10%
Scandinavian
11%
Irish-
15%
1800-1900
Other
Northwestern
European
18%
British
18%
Russian and Baltic states
18%
1900-1920
Austro-Hungarian
22%
Source: John Murrin et al, Liberty Equality Power A History of the American People
Thomson Wadsworth, 2000 (adapted)
Which conclusion is best supported by the information in the charts?
1 Immigration from the Western Hemisphere declined after 1900.
2
The percentage of German immigrants increased between 1860 and 1920.
3.
Northern Europeans were not permitted to enter the United States from 1860 to 1920.
4. Southern and eastern Europeans made up a majority of immigrants from 1900 to 1920.