about five million people came from Ireland alone. Another tive milion immigrants came from Italy, and millions more from Russia, Poland and other countries of Eastern Europe, hoping to find jobs and freedom. America kept an 'open door until 1924 and about 27 million people arrived between 1880 and 1930. They were often poor, had different religions. and had not been ro school for very long; there was a lot of prejudice against them.