CAUSES of Migration 1750-1900 [AP World History] Unit 6 Topic 6

Why was there a sudden demand for cheap forms of labor during the period of 1750-1900?

• Slavery was widely abolished

• There were not enough slaves

• People needed new working conditions

• The Industrial Revolution created too many jobs

People who worked for a set number of years without pay before becoming free were known as

• Slaves

• Indentured Servants

• Maids

• Penal colony workers

Once slavery was abolished, free labor was replaced by _________, where workers would do the work of former enslaved people for very low pay.

• Factory workers

• White collar workers

• Contract labor

• Indentured servitude

Britain and France sent their convicts to _______ colonies and forced them into hard labor until their sentence was complete.

• Penal

• Indentured

• Prison

• Settler

Challenges at home such as famine, poverty, and the desire for better opportunities were all reasons people moved from their home country to other places around the globe.

• True

• False

A(n) ______ is a scattered population whose origin lies in a different geographic location.

• Exodus

• Migration

• Collective

• Diaspora

Technical experts such as engineers and geologists moved to what kind of colonies in particular?

• Penal colonies

• Settler colonies

• Farming colonies

• Engineers and geologists did not move from their home country to colonies.