PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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the supply of high-paying skilled jobs.
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economic opportunity and freedom from government control.
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protection of freedom of religion.
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political refuge and support for revolutionaries at home.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the decade from 1845 to 1855, more than a million Germans fled to the United States to escape economic hardship. They also sought to escape the political unrest caused by riots, rebellion and eventually a revolution in 1848.
Detailed explanation-2: -They migrated to America for a variety of reasons. Push factors involved worsening opportunities for farm ownership in central Europe, persecution of some religious groups, and military conscription; pull factors were better economic conditions, especially the opportunity to own land, and religious freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of these immigrants came from Great Britain, Germany, and especially Ireland. During the potato famines of the 1840s, thousands of people in Ireland died of starvation and disease. Many Irish decided to leave Ireland and come to America.
Detailed explanation-4: -More than five million Germans came to the United States in the 1800s, the largest foreign language group at the time. The majority moved to the Midwestern “German triangle, ” between Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.