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, 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

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

Answer 1

Here's the classification of the push and pull factors for German and Irish immigrants:

### German Immigrants

**Push Factors:**
- Poverty
- Religious persecution
- Political unrest
- Population growth and land shortages; hunger; growing political and economic disorder

**Pull Factors:**
- 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
- Farming and factory jobs; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety

### Irish Immigrants

**Push Factors:**
- Potato famine
- Poverty
- Population growth and land shortages; hunger; growing political and economic disorder

**Pull Factors:**
- Jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety
- Farming and factory jobs; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety

### Summary Table

| Push Factors | Pull Factors |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Poverty | Dreams of gold mining; job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others |
| Lack of jobs | Jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety |
| Potato famine | Farming and factory jobs; democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety |
| Religious persecution | |
| Political unrest | |
| Population growth and land shortages; hunger; growing political and economic disorder | |

Feel free to adjust where necessary based on additional context or specific historical details!