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Bell Ringer. What are the different segments of the snake? What time period do you think this is from? What is this political cartoon trying to tell its audience?. Immigration. Question?. Have you considered going to college? What might cause someone to want to leave home to go to college?
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Bell Ringer • What are the different segments of the snake? • What time period do you think this is from? • What is this political cartoon trying to tell its audience?
Question? • Have you considered going to college? • What might cause someone to want to leave home to go to college? • What might cause someone to want to go to college because of what college offers?
Push and Pull Factors • Push factor: the things that cause someone to want to leave the area, town, state, or country they are in
Push and Pull Factors • Pull factors: the things that are enticing, or appealing, about a different area, town, state, or country that they want to move to
Immigration • Immigration: to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence (dictionary.com) • Many push pull factors to immigration • America saw a number of immigrants between 1840 and 1860 • Short Movie
Push and Pull Factors Most immigrants coming to America between 1840 and 1860 were from Ireland and Germany. Each country had their own push and pull factors
Negative Reactions • American Nation – 381 • What were the push and pull factors for the German immigrants? • How did immigrants “enrich” the nation? • Why do you think the nativists took on that particular name? • Why were the nativists so mad? • Is it unreasonable to think that all of the nations problems were because of immigration?
On your own (use page 381)… • Answer the following questions • What did nativists believe? • Who did the nativists protest? • Why did the Know Nothing Party acquire (or obtain/get) the name Know Nothing as their party name?