The last two sections of this unit are focused on Migration. Due to all of the technological innovations seen in Unit 5, it was now possible for millions of people to emigrate from their country of origin to new places. There are a number of reasons why and how people left and moved. Some were push factors: Famine, war, strife, conflict… Some were pull factors: jobs, space, opportunity… Below are the causes of the mass migrations of the 1800s.
Objective:
F. Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
G. Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
THEMES:
F. ENV (Human Interaction with the Environment
G. ENC (Economics)
Skills:
F. ENV
Explain how various environmental factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
Historical Development
Migration in many cases was influenced by changes in demographics in both industrialized and unindustrialized societies that presented challenges to existing patterns of living. Because of the nature of new modes of transportation, both internal and external migrants increasingly relocated to cities. This pattern contributed to the significant global urbanization of the 19th century. The new methods of transportation also allowed for many migrants to return, periodically or permanently, to their home societies; such as Japanese agricultural workers in the Pacific, Lebanese merchants in the Americas, or Italian industrial workers in Argentina.
G. ENC
Explain how various economic factors contributed to the development of varied patterns of migration from 1750 to 1900.
Historical Development
Many individuals chose freely to relocate, often in search of work or new economic opportunities. The new global capitalist economy continued to rely on coerced and semi-coerced labor migration, including slavery, Chinese and Indian indentured servitude, and convict labor.