Push and Pull Factors of Immigration

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: Puritans were among the first to emigrate to the New World to escape religious persecution in Britain.

• Push

• Pull

• Remain

• Neutral

Puritans were among the first to emigrate to the New World to escape religious persecution in Britain.

• Economic

• Social

• Political

• Environmental

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: Early French settlers came to North America to organize a lucrative fur trading network.

• Pull

• Push

• Neither

• Both

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: More than 75% of Italians immigrating to the US settled in the industrial cities of New York, Pennsylvania, and New England.

• Pull

• Push

• Neutral

• None of the above

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: Ireland’s potato crop was destroyed by blight disease in 1845 and 1846.

• Push

• Pull

• Remain

• Neutral

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: After 1880, harsh discriminatory measures against Jews were enacted and pogroms were frequent in Russia.

• Push

• Pull

• Neutral

• No Effect

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: Mexico periodically experiences high levels of unemployment.

• Push

• Pull

• Remain

• Fluctuate

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: Students from Africa often come to study medicine at American universities.

• Pull

• Push

• Neutral

• None of the above

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: In the 1830s, agricultural workers in Germany were displaced by the Industrial Revolution.

• Push

• Pull

• Remain

• Neutral

Identify whether the event pushed people out or pulled them in: During the 1980s, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua were all wracked by civil war.

• Push

• Pull

• Neutral

• Unchanged