vocabulary
This is when someone wants to migrate
voluntary migration
This is something that attracts people to somewhere new
pull factor
Pioneers traveled a 2,000 mile Journey out west of the United states to escape crowded, expensive cities for cheaper land to build homes; farms on
Oregon Trail
A time when factories were making it possible to produce goods quicker and in bulk instead of by hand
Industrial revolution
Immagrants moved to America overcrowded cities, angering many. Stores put signs in the window saying "Help Wanted: Irish need not apply."
Irish Potato Famine
This is something that drives people away from where they are currently
push factor
Many migrated to other areas of the United States when home were flooded. Most didn't return, changing the population around the country.
Hurricane Katrina
Native Americans were forced off their homelands onto Indian Territory by the United States government
Trail of Tears
Enslaved Africans were kidnapped from their homes and forced to work for free
Atlantic Slave Trade
People moved off farms for new factory jobs in the cities which overcrowded the cities.
Industrial Revolution
This is when someone is forced to migrate against their will
involuntary migration
Many Native Americans died on the harsh journey to the "Indian Territory".
Trail of Tears
Immigrants came to New Harbor to enter the U.S. to escape their home countries form religious persecution, poverty, war and famine
Ellis Island
3,000 miners went to California hoping to find gold
California Gold Rush
Chinatown in San Francisco was established, and California became a state.
California Gold Rush
The movement from one region to another
migration
Immigrants came into New York Harbor, and lived in cities close to other immigrants from the same home country creating specific cultural areas.
Ellis Island
The Irish where forced to leave because a fungus grew on potato plants that caused starvation
Irish Potato Famine
6 million African Americans moved from southern states to escape prejudices and extreme unfair treatment.
The Great Migration
Pioneers spread the population, of the mostly settled land in the east, out west. They also spread religion to Native Americans living out west.
The Oregon Trail
This a person who is forced to leave their homeland because of war, persecution, or natural disaster
refugee
Enslaved Africans were treated inhumane. They brought their diverse culture to the Americas through food, religion, and music.
Atlantic Slave Trade
A natural disaster that left thousands of people's homes flooded and making them homeless
Hurricane Katrina
What caused refugees to leave their home land?
war, persecution and natural disaster
The Harlem Renaissance began creating a fun rhythm and flair to music and poetry.
The Great Migration