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World Map Of the Late 19th Century

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Citation

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Granquist, Mark A. "Swedish Americans." Countries and Their Cultures. 2008. Web. 15 Sept. 2014.

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- The main reason for immigration was because young people seeking for better job, life and government.

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/immigration-statistics.htm

QUESTIONS

1.What made the Russian immigrants leave their country?

2. Who had the highest rate of immigration?

3. What type of people (jobs) immigrated from Germany because of a bad economy?

4. What was the main reason why the Austrian immigrants immigrated and why?

5. Where were most Bohemian Immigrants found?(Cities in the U.S)

Bohemia

  • The first immigration wave happened in 1848 when the Bohemian “Forty Eighters” fled to the U.S. to escape political persecution by the Habsburgs.
  • In the 1850’s there was about 10,000 Bohemians living in the U.S.
  • They were mostly found in Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, New York, and Milwaukee.

Austria

Bohemia Continued

  • The larger immigrations of the Bohemians were when the Midwestern farmlands were available at low prices.
  • Most Bohemians moved from their country to meet families who were currently living in America.
  • They fled in large family groups that ranged from Great grand mothers & fathers to god sons and daughters.
  • The bohemians who immigrated in the 19th century were of the Moravian ancestry.

http://gustavfristensky.com/immigration.asp

-550,000 Austrians immigrated to the united states in the 19Th century

-The first wave came because of religious persecution

-The state religion was whatever religion the current ruler's religion was

http://immigrationinamerica.org/370-austrian-immigrants.html

Germany

- About 2 millions Germans immigrated to the United States from 1850 to 1890.

- Mostly farmers and artisans whose suffering from German bad economy.

- The population was growing very fast and there was not enough food.

http://www.energyofanation.org/4e667f77-e302-4c1a-9d2e-178a0ca31a32.html

Sweden

- During late 19th century, 1 200 000 Swedes immigrated to the United States.

- They have one of the highest rate of emigration from Europe.

- The main reason for emigration was because young people seeking for better job.

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Swedish-Americans.html

Norway

  • Norwegians came to the U.S. because of economic reasons
  • They didn't have enough resources which lead to less opportunities for jobs
  • Norwegians first migrated westward into Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas
  • In the 1900's about 800,000 Norwegians immigrated to America
  • Norway was right behind Ireland, for the amount of people migrating to the U.S.
  • Norwegians say that migrating to the U.S opened up so many opportunities that they wouldn't get, staying in the U.S.

RUSSIA

-1,749,000 jewish Russians imigrated to the United States from 1880 to 1928

-They immigrated because the Russian rulers made programs that oppressed them harshly. -The Russian church put pressure on the government to make these programs that harshly oppressed he Russian jews.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/ukraine.html

http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/the_czars_and_the_jews/

By: Bobby, Sasha, Tri, Zeelena

World map from the late 19th century and chart of immigrant movement from Russia, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria and Bohemia to U.S.

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