All of the following are true of the experiences of immigrants to the United States during the period between 1871 and 1920 EXCEPT in the face of nativist pressure, most immigrants worked quickly to assimilate and abandoned all ties with their native cultures. in the face of nativist pressure, most immigrants worked quickly to assimilate and abandoned all ties with their native cultures. immigrants often found themselves living in ethnic neighborhoods, deep in the slums of Eastern cities immigrants often found themselves living in ethnic neighborhoods, deep in the slums of Eastern cities despite discrimination, immigrants found significant economic opportunities available to them in both urban factories and Western settlements despite discrimination, immigrants found significant economic opportunities available to them in both urban factories and Western settlements largely due to their very numbers, most immigrants found work in very low-paying, low-skilled industries largely due to their very numbers, most immigrants found work in very low-paying, low-skilled industries