Immigration & Push-Pull Factors
What is a push factor?
Something that drives people to leave their home country
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A time of new factories and machines that changed work
What year did the stock market crash?
Something that drives people to leave their home country
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
What was the Dust Bowl?
A period of drought and dust storms that destroyed farms
What is a pull factor?
Something that attracts people to a new country
What danger did factory workers face?
Unsafe conditions
What was a soup kitchen?
A place that gave free food to the poor
Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What region did the Dust Bowl affect most?
The Great Plains
Why did many Irish immigrants come to America in the 1840s?
To escape famine
What invention made travel and shipping faster in the 1800s?
The steam engine
Who was the president during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the Civil Rights Movement fighting for?
Equal rights for African Americans
Why did families move to California during the Dust Bowl?
To find work and better land
Which immigrant group helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Chinese
How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
Cities grew quickly (urbanization)
What caused many people to lose their savings?
Banks failed after the crash
What was one form of peaceful protest used during this time?
Sit-ins, marches, or boycotts
What did the New Deal do for people?
Created jobs and helped rebuild hope
Name one reason immigrants came to America besides jobs.
Freedom, safety, opportunity, or land
What group often worked long hours for low pay?
Immigrants, women, and children
What was FDR’s plan to fix the economy called?
The New Deal
Name one result of the Civil Rights Movement.
Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, or school desegregation
True or False: The Dust Bowl made farming easier.
False