Question

Identify the push-pull factors for German and Irish immigrants. Move the push and pull factors to the correct boxes to complete the table.



Options

poverty, religious persecution, political unrest

population growth and land shortages; hunger; growing political and economic disorder

farming and factory jobs; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety

poverty, lack of jobs, potato famine

dreams of gold mining; job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others

jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety

Answer 1

Here’s how the push-pull factors for German and Irish immigrants can be categorized in a table format:

| Push Factors | Pull Factors |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| poverty, religious persecution | farming and factory jobs |
| political unrest | democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety |
| population growth and land shortages; hunger | jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining |
| poverty, lack of jobs, potato famine | dreams of gold mining; job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, and entrepreneurs |

### Detailed Grouping
**For German Immigrants:**
- **Push Factors:**
- Poverty
- Political unrest
- Population growth and land shortages

- **Pull Factors:**
- Democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety
- Jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining

**For Irish Immigrants:**
- **Push Factors:**
- Poverty
- Lack of jobs
- Potato famine

- **Pull Factors:**
- Farming and factory jobs
- Dreams of gold mining; job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, and entrepreneurs

This distribution highlights the specific reasons that motivated each group to leave their home countries and seek new opportunities elsewhere.