WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Job opportunity
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Available land
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Bad leaders in government
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Religious freedom
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social, political, and economic push factors cause citizens to be disappointed with life in the countries they were born in. Because of these factors, many left their homelands in search of a better life somewhere else. Many chose the U.S., making this country a “nation of immigrants."
Detailed explanation-2: -Insufficient jobs or few opportunities, primitive conditions, desertification, slavery of forced labour, poor medical care, high death rates, and pollution are some of the push factors.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of political push factors: • war, persecution • Cubans feared being jailed for disagreeing with their dictator leader, Fidel Castro. Examples of environmental push factors: • drought • Irish people faced starvation when a fungus destroyed their potato crops.