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Immigration in the Gilded Age was different from previous decades because waves of “new immigrants” came from South and Central America.

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The “new immigrants” of the Gilded Age (roughly 1870s–1900) were primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe — e.g., Italy, Poland, Russia, Austria‑Hungary — plus significant numbers from Asia early on. Large-scale migration from Central and South America rose later, in the 20th century.