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freedom

economic opportunity

abundant land

PUSH

population growth

agricultural changes

crop failures

industrial revolution

religious and political turmoil

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14y ago

push factor is when something have the choice to move away from somewhere or something and pull factor is when something is forced to move.

Push Factors

  • Not enough jobs
  • Few opportunities
  • "Primitive" conditions
  • Desertification
  • Famine/drought
  • Political fear/persecution
  • Poor medical care
  • Loss of wealth
  • Natural Disasters
  • Death threats
  • Slavery
  • Pollution
  • Poor housing
  • Landlords
  • Bullying
  • Discrimination
  • Poor chances of finding courtship

Pull Factors

  • Job opportunities
  • Better living conditions
  • Political and/or religious freedom
  • Enjoyment
  • Education
  • Better medical care
  • Security
  • Family links
  • Industry
  • Better chances of finding courtship
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13y ago

The main reason for Americans moving west was for the fertile soil to grow crops on. But there were other factors such as the sense of adventure and latter on the discovery of gold. A big push factor was that the economy had just crashed and people had no money so they went west to try and make there fortune.

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12y ago

Push Factors:

-Thousands of people displaced by the Civil War

-Property: Eastern farmland was expensive

-New chances for failed entrepreneur

-Ethnic/ Religion repressions

-The open space provided shelter for outlaws to hide from the law

Pull Factors:

-Railroad expansion opened up the Western frontier

-Government incentives like land grants: Morill Land-Grant Act of 1862 and the Homestead Act of 1862

-Private property

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11y ago

PUSH: -War in home country

-No money after the war

-Bad economy

-No jobs because no one had money after the war

PULL: -Better economic status in Australia

-Better life style in Australia

-More accepting community

-Better climate

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11y ago

when people had to go through the inspecting

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Push factors are conditions in a location or region that encourage people to migrate from it. Pull factors are conditions in a location or region that encourage people to migrate to it.

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Freedom!

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