Europeans in Motion

Question 1

MIGRATION AND CAUSES

Answer 1

internal migration: about 50% of families moved from rural to urban settings

20% emigration out of Europe between 1815 & 1939

> > > due to poverty, rapid population growth, demand for labor overseas, availability of land in USA and Australia, cheap transportation of railroads and steamships

Question 2

OUTCOMES

Answer 2

Australia and New Zealand became settler colonies while the Pacific Islands were overwhelmed with Europeans- through conquest, acquisition of land, and disease

> > > Caused sharp racial divides in South Africa, Kenya, and Algeria; over 50% of migrants went to the USA for affordable land and industrial jobs; 20% went to Latin America and enjoyed economic and social advantages over colonial people

Question 3

RUSSIA

Answer 3

10 million migrants to Siberia for land and greater freedom from landowners; also just did not want the Chinese to get Siberia (freed serfs)

> > > migrated by train (trans-Siberian railroad)
eventually led to the Europeanization of Siberia, relieved population pressures