During 1800-1869, the United States was predominantly rural; Americans were living on farms and in small communities. However, cities began to grow rapidly the nation such as Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago. Immigration made up the large percentage of the growth of urban. Due to the diverse group in American’s cities, immigrants discover a new way of life that’ll exemplify the next generation of America. Before the 1880s, it was mainly northern European immigrants such as Scandinavian and German that were coming to America; however, new immigrants were coming from southern and eastern Europe during the 1880s. Irish and German immigrants that came before the civil war were distinguished from immigrants that came from Europe. As a result,
