HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: History Of Chinese Americans, Chain Migration, Southern Italy
15 Mar 2016
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10% of 1. 6bn of the earths population moved from one continent to another during this time. Contrast to the old immigrants: northern europeans, protestant, english, irish, germans o o o o o. German and irish continue to come to the united states. Old immigrants spoke english, other than accents they are easy to understand. New immigrants don"t speak english, have to learn when they get here. Demographics: fathers come and families stay back at home. Tended to settle in enclaves in big cities such as nyc and chicago o o. 5/6 russian jews and 3/4 southern italians settled in cities especially nyc. People are running out of resources in their previous countries, hungry. People are fleeing for their lives: anti-jewish programs. Travel prices: people are able to get a loan, get relatives to pitch in, able to afford prices. Jobs: (most important) economic growth needed more people, more cheap workers e. g. railroads, mills, factories, mines, etc.
