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Unit 6 AS1 Migration

Unit 6 AS1 Migration

Q Unit 6 AS1: Migration #4 In this assignment, students will examine global migration in the long nineteenth century, and continue researching their own migration stories. Compose short 3- to 4-sentence answers to the following questions: 1. Describe the primary trajectories of migration explored in Fisher, Chapter 4. 2. Describe the factors contributing to migration in this period. 3. Continue oral histories (or interviews) of family members about your migration story. 4. Begin to locate outside scholarly resources for the sending and receiving regions in your story. Consult JSTOR database (library.kean.edu) and/or the Journal of Migration History. List at least 3 sources that you found here.

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The nineteenth century witnessed a growing number of elite men traveling from European colonies to Europe for advanced education. They learned about global imperialism's disparities while living among Europeans and several among them returned to rouse their fellow countrymen for freedom. The steam-powered Industrial Revolution, which gained traction in the nineteenth century, changed migratory patterns first in Western Europe, then in North America, and finally globally.