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Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century

Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century. Why do people immigrate?. Are they pushed out by something?. Or are they pulled in by something?. What pulls people to immigrate to another country?. Jobs Freedoms (political) Freedoms (religious) Family already there

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Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century

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  1. Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19th Century

  2. Why do people immigrate? Are they pushed out by something? Or are they pulled in by something?

  3. What pulls people to immigrate to another country? Jobs Freedoms (political) Freedoms (religious) Family already there New start Adventure

  4. What pushes people to immigrate to another country? Religious persecution War Don’t like the political system or leader Famine (not enough food) Poverty – lack of opportunity (no jobs)

  5. Pull Factors: Why did people want to come to America? • Cheap labor needed for: • factory work • building railroads • building canals

  6. Push Factors: Why did people leave their European homelands? • Instability in Europe: • revolutions (esp. Germany) • famine (esp. Ireland)

  7. Which do you think results in MORE immigration: push or pull? Think, Pair, Share:

  8. Immigration to the United States, 1820s-1840s Write a sentence that explains the chart.

  9. Immigration to the United States, 1821-1860 Write a sentence or two that explain the chart.

  10. Revolutions in Europe (1848)

  11. Potato Famine in Ireland ¾ crops (wheat, barley, rye) grown to sell to the British ¼ crops grown for the Irish to eat (potatoes) Irish Population 1844 8,400,000 1851 6,600,000

  12. Good luck in America!

  13. New Cultures Clash!

  14. Immigrants Face Hostility and Discrimination

  15. Anti-Catholicism

  16. Reasons for Immigrant Tensions 1. Irish immigrants were very poor – WHY? 2. Many took jobs for less money than established Americans – WHY? 3. Irish were often hired as strike-breakers – WHY? 4. Irish men replaced “mill girls” – WHY?

  17. 5. Fear of Immigrant Voters

  18. Rise of Nativism

  19. "Riot at Hoboken, May 1, 1851"

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