What was a major difference between the new immigrants of the late 1800s and the old immigrants of the first half of the 1800s?

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Most new immigrants stayed in cities - whereas old immigrants became farmers.

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Old immigrants met more anti-immigrant feelings than did new immigrants.

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Religious persecution was not a reason old immigrants came - whereas it was an important factor among new immigrants.

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The desire for greater economic opportunity pulled more of the old immigrants than it did the new immigrants.

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The old immigrants had not expected to stay - whereas the new immigrants came in family groups with the intention of staying.