1. Immigration

2. Directions
Copy the definition and sketch the picture for each slide

3. Immigrant
a person who permanently moves to another country

4. Push Factors Factors that cause people to leave a country Examples War
Economy

5. Pull Factors Factors that attract people to another country Examples
Jobs
Freedom

6. Case Studies
Identify whether the following examples are push factors or pull factors.

7. Case 1
Approximately 1 million people were dying in Ireland between 1845 and 1862 because of the Irish Potato Famine. Seventy five percent of Irish immigrants landed in New York in 1847.

8. Case 2
In the 1700s, Germany was going through a period of war. In 1709, 3,000 Germans crossed the Atlantic to New York.

9. Case 3
In 1942, four million Mexican workers immigrated to California to work in the agriculture business.