Social Developments: Pull Factors for Immigrants and Internal Immigrants Flashcards
Why was Employment a pull factor?
Because there were jobs needed in all USA industries
Why was Land a pull factor? What did many immigrants want to do in the free land?
Because there was lots of land and immigrants wanted to set up farms to make profits
Why was Culture a pull factor?
Because many people felt that they would not be persecuted for their beliefs
What did the USA do which helped their Culture seem more enticing to Europeans?
Sent American Troops to Europe and they saw how they acted
What did African-Americans believe would happen if they migrated to the North?
They could get better paying jobs and be able to vote
What was a benefit of many White-American Soldiers leaving for WWI for African-Americans?
African-Americans were able to take their jobs in factories and get paid well
How much did the average factory worker make a year in the 1910s?
$1000 a year
What was happening with ship development for passengers around the world at this time?
They were getting bigger
Name the location of one ship-building port which built bigger ships
Liverpool
What happened to the New York Immigration Centre in 1890?
It closed down
What happened with the New York Immigration Centre situation by 1892?
They had built an even bigger Immigration Centre on Ellis Island
