Global Migration 1750-1900

Part I: Go to Immigrant Experience and complete the journey for Li Wei and then answer the following questions.
1.​ Why did Li Wei come to the Americas?

2.​ List 3 hardships he encountered:

b.​

c.​

Part II: Watch Argentina’s Italian Bloodline Migration video clip and answer the following questions
Why did Italians go to Argentina?

How did they impact Argentina?

How does the Argentian Italian immigrant experience compare to Li Wei’s Chinese American immigrant experience?
Part III: Push and Pull factors
Classify the reasons for migration (on next page) as either push or pull factors. Copy and paste the descriptions to the appropriate
column.

Push factors Pull factors

The northern reaches of Europe are famous for long, cold winters. The government of Argentina invested heavily in schools during the
1860s.

The Great Hunger, a famine from 1845 to 1850, took the lives of up to South Africa and the San Francisco area had abundant natural
one million Irish men, women, and children. resources (precious metals), which could provide employment.

China, especially along the Pacific coast, experienced many years of It was easy to move across the rolling hills along the California coast
famine and war (Taiping Rebellion) in the nineteenth century. and the flatter terrain in the Central Valley.

South America offered safety to persecuted Catholics. Australia had very few workers, so jobs could easily be obtained.

Gold was found in northern California (United States, 1849), New South People in West Africa sometimes kidnapped Africans and sold them
Wales (Australia, 1851), and the Transvaal (South Africa, 1886). into slavery.

The Trans-Siberian Railway connected Moscow to Vladivostok on the When Brazil outlawed slavery in 1888, thousands of new workers were
Pacific coast. needed for plantations.

British export laws flooded India with inexpensive cotton material; Wages increased significantly in the industrial cities of North America
Indians had a difficult time affording a living. and Europe, while income for rural workers rose very moderately.

Russia’s “May Laws” of 1882 required Jewish people living in “The Pale Harbors at San Francisco (U.S.), Sydney (Australia), Valparaiso (Chile),
of Settlement” (between the Baltic and Black seas) to live in specific Alexandria (Egypt), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Havana (Cuba) and Capetown
communities and limited them to working in minor trades or as (S.Africa) make it easier to move goods and people.
merchants.

The Americas were perceived to be full of opportunities, wealth, and Peace and improvements in public health practices led to an increasing
freedom. population in Europe.

Germany, Russia, and Siam (modern-day Thailand) forced young men to Industrial towns along the east coast of the United States grew very
serve in the army. rapidly and experienced overcrowding, pollution, and epidemics.
 Map 2: Part IV - Migration (Jigsaw this in class)
Use AMSCO chapter 6.6 to label the following map. Create two types of arrows. One arrow will represent forced or coerced migration and one will
represent voluntary migration. Every line you draw will be one of these two lines. *There may be more than one line from each nation. You may
write the description on the line or make a text box.

1.​ Draw a line from India to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

2.​ Draw a line from China to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

3.​ Draw a line from Japan to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

4.​ Draw a line from Lebanon to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated. Use this source for information

5.​ Draw a line from Italy to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

6.​ Draw a line from Ireland to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

7.​ Draw a line from Africa to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write Transatlantic Slave Trade until 1830’s.

8.​ (Draw a line from Great Britain to where they migrated. Represent if it was forced or voluntary by drawing the corresponding line.
a.​ On top of your line, write a SHORT description as to why this population migrated.

What were the main reasons migrants voluntarily moved from their homeland?

What were the main reasons migrants were forced to move from their homeland?
Part IV Migrations Here is a link to a political map with cities for your reference.
Part V: Economics Systems: Read AMSCO Ch, 6.6 and fill out the following
As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
●​ Many individuals chose freely to relocate, often in search of work.
●​ 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.
What new technology made migration more possible between 1750-1900?

Where Reasons/Description/Conditions

West Coast of Africa to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (ends 1830’s although internal slavery continues)
Slavery Americas -chattel slavery (hereditary based on race, slaves=property with no rights)
1750-1900 -Primarily forced to work in cash crop plantations(sugar, cotton, tobacco, coffee)
Note: Belgians in Congo also used slavery. Congolese forced to work rubber plantations under threats of
violence to self and family. Approximately 10 million killed. Not a major reason for external migration.

Chinese
indentured
servitude

Indian
indentured
servitude

Convict labor .
Possible LEQ prompt: Evaluate the extent to which the causes of global migration changed in the period between 1750-1900

Reasons for migration which remain constant throughout the Reasons which develop/change during the period 1750-1900
period 1750-1900

Topic 6.7 Effects of Migration- Read AMSCO chapter chapter 6.7 and fill out the following information.
Social Interactions and Organization
The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals
influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.
●​ Migrants tended to be male, leaving women to take new roles in the home society that had been formerly occupied by men.

How does the migration of men out of their home societies impact life for women?

What is an ethnic enclave?

Indian

Chinese

Italian

Irish

Identify and describe examples of Anti-Immigrant Policies

U.S:

Australia:
Part VI: Watch 6.6 Migration

Answer to the above SAQ prompt: