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1 Immigration/Migration in Post Civil war U.S. Immigration is coming to one country from another to settle.

2 Emigration-Leaving one country to go to another Irish emigrants getting ready to leave Ireland

3 Migration Movement within a country.

4 Push Factors

5 Pull Factors

6 Ellis Island Immigrants from Europe came here to enter U.S.

7 Immigration Routes

8 Angel Island Immigrants from Asia came here to enter U.S.

9 Immigration Routes

10 Nativists People who do not want more immigrants.

11 Assimilation Americans wanted Native Americans and immigrants from other countries to speak English, dress American and share their religion and values. Forcing them to go to schools to learn these things was the plan for assimilation into the culture. Example:

12 Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 Many Americans thought the Chinese were taking jobs. They were banned for 10 years. This bill was repealed in 1943.

13 Urbanization Immigrants and people looking for factory jobs from rural areas moved to cities.

14 Urbanization produced the Political Bosses

15 The Great Migration African Americans left the Jim Crow South for jobs in the North.

16 The Great Migration

17 Westward Expansion The Homestead act and the Gold rush pulled people to the West.

18 Westward Expansion

19 Forced Migration of Native Americans to Reservations The Trail of Tears

20 Dawes Act 1887 Divided up Indian lands.

21 Transcontinental Railroad The transcontinental railroad joined at Promontory point Utah-aided people and goods to cross the country-helped destroy buffalo. Gave jobs to Chinese and Irish immigrants.

22 Dust Bowl Drove people from their land. Many went from Oklahoma and Kansas to California.

23 Rust Belt Factories and steel mills in the Northeast closed and people moved to the Sun Belt to look for jobs.

24 Migration from Rust Belt to Sun Belt People moved for jobs and climate.

25 Refugees from Vietnam and Cuba Cuba is only 90 miles off the coast of Florida so many Cuban refugees went there- proximity-nearness is often a factor in where immigrants go.

26 Routes for Cuban Refugees

27 Immigrants today Many immigrants are coming from Mexico and Central America to get away from violent drug cartels and look for jobs and a better life. Proximity leads many to Texas, Arizona and California

28 Routes from Mexico to U.S.


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