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.



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

poverty, religious persecution, political unrest

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

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

Options

poverty, lack of jobs, potato famine

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

Answer 1

Sure! Here’s how you can organize the push and pull factors for German and Irish immigrants:

### Push Factors
- **Ireland:**
- Poverty
- Lack of jobs
- Potato famine (hunger)

- **Germany:**
- Population growth and land shortages
- Growing political and economic disorder
- Poverty
- Religious persecution
- Political unrest

### Pull Factors
- **Ireland:**
- Jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining
- Job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others
- Democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety

- **Germany:**
- Farming and factory jobs
- Democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety
- Dreams of gold mining
- Job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others

**Final Table:**

| Push Factors (Irish) | Pull Factors (Irish) |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Poverty | Jobs building canals, roads, railways, and mining |
| Lack of jobs | Job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others |
| Potato famine | Democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety |

| Push Factors (German) | Pull Factors (German) |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Population growth and land shortages | Farming and factory jobs |
| Growing political and economic disorder | Democratic ideals like freedom, stability, and safety |
| Poverty | Dreams of gold mining |
| Religious persecution | Job opportunities as miners, railroad workers, farmhands, entrepreneurs, and others |

This organization helps illustrate the reasons behind the migration of these two groups effectively.