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New Skills for New Americans
March-December 2005

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New Skills for New Americans, the Adventure's third changing exhibit, illustrates the roles of education and immigration in New England's economic growth and transformation. New Skills highlights our region's immigrant past and a notable institution that emerged from that immigrant past, the North Bennet Street School.



Immigrants in New England: Demographic Maps and Chart
map showing largest ancestry groups
Largest Ancestry Group in Each County
map showing largest immigrant groups
Largest Immigrant Group in Each County


map showing major ethnic groups in the north end
Major Ethnic Groups in the North End, 1880 and 1910
chart showing the number of  immigrants living in New England
Immigrants Living in New England, by Region of Birth, 1860 to 2000


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