Immigration

Immigrant - Someone coming into a country to live. Emigrant - One who is leaving their country to live in another. Pull-factor forces that make someone want to live in a new places Push-factor forces that make someone want to leave their country to live in another Know-Nothing-Party political party that wanted to eliminate foreign influence

The cheapest desk on a ship was steerage - most immigrants came to America this way The Irish came to America in the mid 1800's to escape the Potato Famine Immigrants came to America in the mid 1800's for freedom, economic opportunity and land Most immigrants in the 1800's were from Germany.

__Push Factors from Europe__

1. Population Growth - more people competing for jobs/homes/land 2. Agricultural Changes - small farmers were pushed out 3. Crop Failures -potato blight 4. Industrial Revolution - artisans lost jobs 5. Religious/Political prosecution

__Pull Factors to American__

1. Freedom (speech, religion, assembly, etc.) 2. Economic opportunity 3. Land!