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The development of ghettos in America is closely associated with different waves of immigration and internal urban migration.

The Irish and German immigrants of the mid-19th century were the first ethnic groups to form ethnic enclaves in America ’ s cities.

This was followed by large numbers of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, including many Italians and Poles between 1880 and 1920.

These later European immigrants actually were more segregated than blacks in the early twentieth century.

Most of these remained in their established immigrant communities, but by the second or third generation, many families were able to relocate to better housing in the suburbs after World War II.