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Immigration Push and Pull Factors
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Immigration of the Gilded Age
The Great Migration
Push Factors
- Economic reasons
(tired of being poor peasants)
- Many failed growing seasons
- Religious persecution
- Many eastern European Jews were
being forced out
- 1880-1921 was the largest
move of people in history
- 23 million people moved to
America
- Started coming from southern
and eastern Europe
- Chinese Immigration on the
west coast
Pull Factors
Making the Move
- Advertising a great life in America reached Europe
through family members who made the move
- Railroads and Steamships recruited workers
- Very emotional to say goodbye knowing they may
never see their family again
- Their entire savings were depleted to make the
move, leaving them with no money when they
arrived
- Steamship travel took 8-12 days
- Stayed in steerage part of the ships, often with the
rats.......EEWWWWWWW
- Diseases and bad smells filled the small living
quarters
Arriving in America - Angel Island
Arriving in America - Ellis Island
- Asian immigrants arrived at Angel Island in the
bay of San Francisco
- Faced the same humiliating time as Europeans
during inspection
- Faced a WAY harsher time than Europeans
- People were bluntly racist towards Asians
- Led the the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
- 75% of Immigrants arrived to Ellis Island in New
York City
- First sight of America was Lady Liberty
- Faced a rough and often degrading inspection at
Ellis Island
- European Immigrants came through here
Life in America
Immigrants and the Industrial Revolution
How would they impact the Industrial Revolution?
- Stayed in big cities for the most part
- Faced discrimination in certain job markets
- Part of the poor population of America
- Gave a new culture to American cities
=> think of how different parts of cities have
different influences
Impact
- Provided cheap labor
- Desperate for money - could be treated badly
- Stayed in cities where factories were
- Performed unskilled jobs