Total United States Immigration by Country

Compared to the number in the quiz, their numbers were small - in the neighborhood of 50 to 55 thousand. At the time of transfer there were about 2500 Russians inhabitants working in the fur trade, but most of those went back to Russia.

Nice quiz, thanks!

you are using "the country has been around since 1770's" as an argument NOT to know their roots?? I really thought that sentence would have ended differently. Less than 250 years, that is only a couple of generations!

Oops - that response fails both math and social studies class.

I think I read relessness in a way he/she didn't intend. I read it as "most Cubans" whereas I now think what was meant was "most Cubans who went to the U.S.." If that's right, then that changes the math (and the social studies) considerably. I was remarking that by far the majority of Cubans stayed in Cuba. I think I got it wrong. Apologies.

I missed Poland!! *facepalm*

So many Mexican Americans working and contributing to the American fabric of life. Makes me proud. Donald, do you do these quizzes?

yes, LEGAL immigrants are a wonderful addition to the United States. As Donald has said repeatedly.

The law is important. That's why we need to start deporting or imprisoning people who break the law. Driving over the speed limit? You should do hard prison time. Because it's the law. Embezzled money from your corporation? You should be exiled to a desert island for the rest of your life. Because the law is important! LOL thats the joke.

Sorry to see you spouting that nonsense, Kalbahamut. For one thing: you are simply wrong: immigration was controlled long before the mid-20th century, with varying levles of success (not unlike now). Ellis Island, for instance, was active during the one of the busiest eras of U.S. immigration, from 1892 to 1924. For a long time "illegal immigration" was relatively low and a net benefit for the country. That changed with the heavy immigration we started seeing in the 1990s after Reagan's amnesty. At that time, there were about 3 million illegals in the U.S. Today, there are about 12 million, with MIT estimating that number to be woefully low, by as much as half. Illegal immigration became a net drain. The U.S. is one of the few developed countries that still grants birthright citizenship, an enormous draw to immigrants. Long before Trump made stopping illegals a cornerstone of his administration, Presidents like Obama and Clinton made it clear that immigration law must be enforced.

well said.

Yes, I have done for years but I have only just got up to the level where you are allowed to comment.

Or they didn't keep thorough records.

The slave trade was over by 1820, so they don't count for purposes of this quiz

Funny how the Irish people still identify by their roots, but those descended from Brits don’t at all.

this quiz automatically gets five stars simply for using a picture of Salma Hayek.

For some reason I thought that the peak immigration from Cuba would have been in the early '60s (when Castro took over) or the '80s (with the expulsion of those whom Castro determined were radicals and convicts).