Bell Ringer 4/27--Take out your bell ringer sheet! What is an immigrant? Why might they leave their home?
Agenda/Objective Objective: Identify push/pull factors that made immigrants move Agenda: BR review Notes/Push-Pull scenarios
Over: Notes (push/pull), graphs/charts, identity, immigrant Reminder! Quick quiz on Friday! Over: Notes (push/pull), graphs/charts, identity, immigrant
Push Factors Compel people to leave their homes
What are some push factors for immigration?
Farmers Land was cheaper More machines led to fewer farming jobs Mexicans, Polish, and Chinese left farms
Persecution Religious discrimination forced many people to leave their homes Eastern European Jews were put in ghettos and suffered mob violence
War in China and Eastern Europe led people to choose to leave or forced to leave after destruction
Famine - crops dying led to starvation Great potato famine in Ireland led many to leave home
Draw people to a new place Pull factors Draw people to a new place
What are some pull factors of immigration?
Religious Freedom America gave the opportunity for much more religious freedom
Economic Opportunity Homestead Act - new immigrants got land for cheap/free Work on Railroads, Mines, Oil Fields, Factories
Exit slip Narrative of an immigrant, including both a push and pull factor