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21 Cards in this Set
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Explain the difference between emigrate and immigrate.
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Emigrate means to move away grom one's home country. Immigrate means to move to a new country. Emigrate is to move away Immigrate is to move to Emigrate is the old country Immigrate is the new country
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What are push factors?
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push factors encourage people to emigrate from where they are to a new place.
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what push factors encourage people to emigrate?
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War and poverty are some push factors.
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What is a pull factor?
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Pull factors attract people to a new place and ecourage them to immigrate there.
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What pull factors encoutage people to immigrate?
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These factors include freedom and opportunities for a better life.
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Since 1820, more than 65 million people have come to the U.S. This enormous migration came in three great waves. What are three great waves of immigrate to the U.S.?
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The first began with the founding of the U.S. The second started in the late 1800s, and began to arrive from eastern and southern Europe. The third began in the late 1960s and is still going on today.
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What country attracts the most immigrants?
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United States
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Where are most of the immagrants coming from?
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Asia and Latin America
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What is a push factor of war?
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People sometimes return home when the conflict ends. But often they stay in their new country.
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What is persecution?
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Persecution is unfair treatment of people because of who they are or what they believe in.
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What are political push factors?
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Political push factors have on thing in common. They involve the way a government treats its people.
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What envirnmental push factor affected Ireland in the 1840's?
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A devastating plant disease struck Ireland. A fungus destroyed it most important crop, the patato.
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What are the most common push factors?
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the most common are economic
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What pull factors did the lost boys find attractive in Boston?
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feeling safe, going to school, and getting jobs
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What is the family pull factor?
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Often young men are the first members of a family to immigrate to anouther country. Once they find jobs and a place to live, they send for their wives, children, and parents.
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Why do most people move?
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they move to improve the quality of their lives.
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What is the American Dream?
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The American Dream is the belief that people here can create better lives for themselves and their children.
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What is the Lost Boys attitude about the U.S.?
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James had two jobs and was studying for college. These changes affected how James thought about life. ""In the United States
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What are some of the jobs immigrants have?
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Some plant and harvest crops on large farms. Others find jobs as cab drivers, house cleaners, restaurant workers, or nannies. Some work as doctors, professors, and computer programmers. Others become famous athetes, musicians, or artists. Still others start new buisnesses.
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What do taxes provide for immigrants?
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they provide public schools, libraries, and health clinics. They also provide language classes, public assistance, or free health care.
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What do immigrants bring to the U.S.?
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cultral, economic change, neiborhoods, foods, new holidays, music, art, and stories. They also help their new neibors to learn about the world.
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