Immigration
Directions Copy the definition and sketch the picture for each slide
Immigrant a person who permanently moves to another country
Push Factors Factors that cause people to leave a country Examples War Economy
Pull Factors Factors that attract people to another country Examples Jobs Freedom
Case Studies Identify whether the following examples are push factors or pull factors.
Case 1 Approximately 1 million people were dying in Ireland between 1845 and 1862 because of the Irish Potato Famine. Seventy five percent of Irish immigrants landed in New York in 1847.
Case 2 In the 1700s, Germany was going through a period of war. In 1709, 3,000 Germans crossed the Atlantic to New York.
Case 3 In 1942, four million Mexican workers immigrated to California to work in the agriculture business.