PowerPoint presentation:
16 slides
Objective: To examine the difference between “push” and “pull”
immigration.
Key Terms and People:
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Persecution
Famine
Pogrom
Genocide
Irish Potato Famine
Mexican Revolution
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Multimedia:
Video – The Irish Potato Famine (2:04)
Video – Entering Ellis Island, 1906 (2:14)
Video – U.S. Immigration History Preserved on Angel Island (2:54)
Video – Arrival at Ellis Island (3:53)
Video – Passing the Medical Inspection at Ellis Island (1:57)
Video – Registering as an American Citizen (2:07)
Audio – Interviews with immigrants that passed through Ellis
Island.