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Immigrant Stream Patterns
From 1836 to 1853 there was a period of mass European immigration to the United States. The study conducted by Raymond L. Cohn used data from port records to make quantitative comparisons between streams of immigrants arriving from Europe. These comparisons lead to determining the migrant group characteristics of various immigrant streams. In general, it made logical sense that the makeup of immigrant streams would vary depending on the country of origin. The results of the study confirmed the accuracy of the “Passengers List” and displayed the changes in the composition of immigrant streams during the period of mass immigration.
Beginning in 1846 there was a change in the pattern of European immigration in the sense that it witnessed a drastic

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