Push Factors Pogroms Potato Famine Syrian Civil War
Pogrom: an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or Eastern Europe
After the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 there was a wave of pogroms in southern Russia against the Jewish community. This led to a large increase in Jews leaving Russia. Of these, more than 90 percent settled in the United States.
Irish Potato Famine
Push Factor: Syrian Civil War
Homs, Syria Devastation https://youtu.be/DoRdCbDd50o https://youtu.be/RBQ-IoHfimQ