During this era, immigration became limited with acts, businesses enlarged, buildings were structured, and groups of people came together.
The immigration act of 1924, limiting the number of immigrants allowed in the united states through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census.
Ellis Island, New York. It was the biggest gateway where over 12 millions immigrates came through. It was the biggest period of immigrants taking on jobs and a living.
Ybor City, located northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1885 by a group of cigar manufacturers. The group was led by Vicente Martinez Ybor and was seized by Tampa in 1887. The population started with just Cuban and Spanish immigrants who worked in the cigar factories. The business became large, while the products are still sold today.
In 1867, Episcopal Clergy founded St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, for the education of freedmen, It became the nation's first school for blind and deaf blacks.