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URBANIZATION
New Immigrants
New Immigrants= Southern and Eastern Europeans during
1870s until WWI.
Came from Ireland, Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary and
Russia.
Often unskilled, poor, Catholic or Jewish, and planning to save
some money to take back home.
DESTINATION
Moved to farms Moved to cities in the in the
Midwest Northeast
Drought or famine
Political revolutions or wars
Religious persecution
Economic struggles
Push Factors
1880s- Farmers had a difficult time in Mexico,
Poland, and China.
Plentiful Land
Employment
Religious Freedom
Political Freedom
New Life
Pull Factors
1862 Homestead Act and aid from railroad
companies made western farmland inexpensive.
1st and 2nd class passengers were inspected on the ship then
released.
Opened in 1910.
Made it very hard for Chinese immigrants to come into the U.S.