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Atlantic Slave Trade
Slaves from Africa are taken and shipped to South Aerica, teh Caribbean, and North America. Nearly 20 million slaves actually arrived. The others died. -
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Rural to Urban Migration in Britain
Enclosure movement in Britain made farms bigger and moved farmers to cities. They tried find work in the more populated areas. It contributed to urbanization in Britain. -
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German Immigration to the U.S.
Since the United States offered new and cheap land, Germans migrated there. Because of modernization, many Germans migrated because they had to desert their businesses. -
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Indian Migrations
Indians migrated to foreign countries to European powers and other tradian ports. It's estimated that 1,500,000 Indians moved solely for trading and working purposes once British rule started. -
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Decrease in South American Migration
The colonial wars for independence in the Americas led to a decrease in migration there. Stronger independent countries with defined nationality. -
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Siberian Immigrations
The Russian government moved prisoners and some workers to Siberia to work, or because they were exiled. The Trans-Siberian railway was built to move more people faster. -
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U.K. Immigration to Canada
Families from England and Ireland moved to Canada by the Government to Britain to populate it after the war. It was appealing to many because of the land available in Canada. -
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Zulu Migration
The Zulu kingdom expanded it's territory using close combat warfare. More Zulu moved to the larger kingdom just because it was larger. -
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Brazilian Migrations
Brazil open for immigration. A ton of people from Germany, Prussia, and Portugal, flood in. Even Japanese migrated there. -
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Irish Emigration
After the Potato Famine millions of Irish men and women left for the United States. During on point in time, they constituted half of all people coming to the U.S. -
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Immigration to Australia
High immigration to Australia from Great Britain and other Euro. countries. Wanted to mine gold, and find good working opportunities. Lots of unclaimed land. -
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Voluntary African Immigration
Africans moved because of job opportunities in other countries. 40,000 Africans moved from their homelands for jobs. -
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Chinese Labor Immigration to British Colonies
Chinese immigrants moved to places where work was needed. The lack of labor from abolishing slavery reated demand for railroads and sugar plantations. 180,000 Chinese moved just to British colonies in this period. -
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Boer Migration in South Africa
Dutch Boers treck across southern Africa looking for land. The got local tribes to join them and found resources at the top of Africa. -
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Algerian Immigration
Algeria was controlle dby Europeans beacuse of French conflict. Poor European settlers rushed to take possessions of Algeria's rich coastlands. 130,000 by 1871. -
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Chinese Migration to the U.S.
To be part of the Gold Rush, the Chinese migrated the U.S. due to Civil War and famine. It fueled the creation of the Transcontinental Railroads. -
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Japanese Migrations to Canada
The emperor of Japan, Meji, sent people to look at Canada. Japan was crowded, so the Japanese went to Canada because it was very large, and had a lot of open space. They had hard times, however, because the British didn't want them. -
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Italian Immigration to the U.S.
Around 12,400,000 Italians moved from Italy to the U.S. This is because the Italians wanted to be in a more free state. -
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Jewish Migration from Russia
There were major anti-semetic and periodic violent riots Jewish refugees fled from Russia, and went mostly to the U.S. or European countries. They still faced pesecution. -
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Ellis Island Migrations
12,000,000 people entered the United States through Ellis Island. Europeans had an efficient way to get into the Americas.
