Question

new immigration
lesson question
answer
review: reasons for immigration
push factors:
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• persecution

pull factors:
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• other opportunities

Explanation:

Push factors are conditions that drive people away from their home country, while pull factors are conditions that attract people to a new country. Common historical push factors include lack of economic opportunity and political instability, and a key pull factor is economic opportunity/jobs. For the lesson question about 1900s immigration, the main change was a shift in origin from Northern/Western Europe to Southern/Eastern Europe, driven by these push/pull factors, plus changing U.S. immigration policies over time.

Answer:

Lesson Question (How did immigration change in the 1900s?):

Immigration to the U.S. in the 1900s shifted from primarily Northern and Western European origins to mostly Southern and Eastern European, Asian, and Latin American origins over the century. Early 1900s saw a boom in Southern/Eastern European arrivals, later restricted by quotas, followed by mid-century shifts to more Asian and Latin American immigration as policies loosened.

Review: Reasons for Immigration

Push factors:

• Lack of economic opportunity
• Political instability
• Persecution

Pull factors:

• Economic opportunity/jobs
• Religious freedom
• Other opportunities