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Push Factors Environmental Reasons
Pull Factors Environmental Reasons
- The Great Crop Failures and Famines of the 1840'S led to starvation, Disease and dire Poverty in Italy
- The Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857 caused devastation in which over 30,000 people Died and resulted in the loss of Thousands of Homes
- In 1906 Mount Vesuvius Volcano erupted near Naples, killing nearly 1000 people and destroying homes and lands
- Then, in 1908, the devastating Messina Earthquake and tsunami, killed to 200,000 people in Sicily and Southern Italy
- In 1915 an Earthquake in Avezzano in Central Italy killed 30,000 people
- Sicily was always at War because it was an island in the middle of the Mediterranean
- My Grandparents moved to Italy because there was a War happening in Italy at that time
Pull Factors Political Reasons
Pull Factors Social Reasons
Push Factors Political Reasons
- Italy declared War on the Austrian Empire in 1866
- Immigration to the United States exploded in the 1880's due the Second Industrial Revolution that centered on Steel, Oil and Electricity and required unskilled labour to man the factories
- In 1925 Fascist leader Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy and became the director of Italy until his death during WW2 (1939-1945)
Push Factors Social Reasons
- Italian Immigration to America in the 1880's led to the establishment of the "Little Italy"
- Italy had organized crime and Political corruption was a future of politics:
- Poor Education prospects
- Adult literally rates were poor
- Poor Medical facilitates
- A Social Reason my Grandparents moved was