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Changing Demographic Patterns
Analyzing the effects of migration and immigration of the United States
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History
11th Grade
04/10/2006

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The Great Migration
Definition
During World War one, the blacks migrated north to work factory jobs
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
It was the idea that the nation was meant to spread to the Pacific, to expand west.
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Civil War
Definition
Citizens who were pro slavery, moved South in order to support their beliefs where as citizens who opposed slavery moved North to the Union. Blacks also migrated North to escape the harshness of slavery.
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African Americans
Definition
Kidnapped by English colonists and transported west to North America in order to do manual labor
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Mexicans
Definition
Migrated to the United States in order to obtain better living conditions/job oppurtunities.
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European Migration
Definition
English colonists migrated west to North American in order to escape religious persecutions.
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