GEOG 150 Migration1
GEOG 150 Migration1
GEOG 150 Migration1
– Economic
– Economic
– Cultural
– Cultural
– Environmental
– Environmental
#1 Reason is Economic!
Internal Migration Example:
African American Migration North and West
• Two phases, around WWI and WWII
– Push Factors
• Economic
• Cultural
• Environmental
– Pull Factors
• Economic
• Cultural
• Environmental
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History of Immigration to the U.S.
• 1st Era – 1840s to 1850s from Germany and Ireland
Relationship Between
Industrial Revolution,
Population Growth, and
Migration
History of Immigration to the U.S.
• 2nd Era – 1870s from Ireland and Germany
History of Immigration to the U.S.
• 3rd Era – 1880s from Scandinavia
Relationship Between
Industrial Revolution,
Population Growth,
and Migration
History of Immigration to the U.S.
• 4th Era – 1905-1914 from Southern and Eastern Europe
Relationship Between
Industrial Revolution,
Population Growth,
and Migration
European Migration
History of Immigration to the U.S.
• 5th Peak – 1950s to present from Latin America and Asia
Annual Migration from Asia to the U.S.
• Declined
since
Internal Migration in the U.S.
European
Migration
United Kingdom Migration
European
Migration
Refugees
Environmental Refugees
Hurricane Katrina 2005
Hurricane Maria 2017 in the Caribbean
One More Thing…Remittances
• $550 billion remitted every year