Question

Explain how push and pull

Answer 1

Answer: The majority of immigrants were "pulled" into America by the promise of opportunities, and others were "pushed" away from their home countries by hardships.

Explanation:

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The majority of immigrants were "pulled" into America by the promise of opportunities, and others were "pushed" away from their home countries by hardships.

Immigration push/pull factors in the late 19th early 20th centuries-

Push Factors-

1. Poverty

2. Famine

3. Limited jobs

4. Limited land  

5. Religious or political prosecution  

Pull Factors-

1. Plenty of lands

2. Plenty of jobs

3. Democracy

4. Opportunity for social advancement

Europeans (Push/Pull Factors)-

Push Factors-

1. To escape religious persecution

2. Rising population

3. Limited land for farming

4. Very few jobs  

Pull Factors-

1. Many jobs

2. Independent lives

Chinese/Pull Factors-  

1. To seek fortune during the gold rush in 1848 (California gold rush)  

2. To help build the nation's railroad

3. (When railroads were completed) farming, mining, and domestic service began  

Japanese/Pull Factors-

1. 1884 Hawaiian planters recruited Japanese workers (Japanese emigration boom)

2. Hawaii annexation brought an increased amount of immigrants to the West Coast

3. Increased even more as word spread about high American wages

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