TOPIC 7.6
World War I: Home Front
THEMATIC FOCUS Migration and Settlement (MIG)
Push and pull factors shape immigration to and migration within America, and the
demographic change as a result of these moves shapes the migrants, society, and
the environment.
Unit 7: Learning Objective G
Explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Official restrictions on freedom of speech grew during World War I, as increased anxiety about radicalism led to a Red Scare and attacks on labor activism and immigrant culture.
KC- 2
Immigration from Europe reached its peak in the years before World War I. During World War I, nativist campaigns against some ethnic groups led to the passage of quotas that restricted immigration, particularly from southern and eastern Europe, and increased barriers to Asian immigration.
KC- 3
The increased demand for war production and labor during World War I led many Americans to migrate to urban centers in search of economic opportunities.
KC- 4
In the Great Migration during and after World War I, African Americans escaping segregation, racial violence, and limited economic opportunity in the South moved to the North and West, where they found new opportunities but still encountered discrimination.
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Push and pull factors shape immigration to and migration within America, and the
demographic change as a result of these moves shapes the migrants, society, and
the environment.
Unit 7: Learning Objective G
Explain the causes and effects of international and internal migration patterns over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC- 1
Official restrictions on freedom of speech grew during World War I, as increased anxiety about radicalism led to a Red Scare and attacks on labor activism and immigrant culture.
KC- 2
Immigration from Europe reached its peak in the years before World War I. During World War I, nativist campaigns against some ethnic groups led to the passage of quotas that restricted immigration, particularly from southern and eastern Europe, and increased barriers to Asian immigration.
KC- 3
The increased demand for war production and labor during World War I led many Americans to migrate to urban centers in search of economic opportunities.
KC- 4
In the Great Migration during and after World War I, African Americans escaping segregation, racial violence, and limited economic opportunity in the South moved to the North and West, where they found new opportunities but still encountered discrimination.
Details, Details, Details...
