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Immigration

Immigration . The German Experience. Where is Germany?. This is Germany. Images of Germany. Images of Germany. Images of Germany. Why did People Decide to Leave Germany? Push Factors. 1683- The first Germans came for religious freedom

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration The German Experience

  2. Where is Germany?

  3. This is Germany

  4. Images of Germany

  5. Images of Germany

  6. Images of Germany

  7. Why did People Decide to Leave Germany? Push Factors • 1683- The first Germans came for religious freedom • 1700s- Foreign armies were attacking Germany and many people wanted to live in a safe place

  8. Why did People Decide to Leave Germany? Push Factors • 1800s- Factories started using machines and many people had lost their jobs. Farmers had poor harvests, too. • 1930s and 1940s- Many Germans left to escape Adolf Hitler’s Nazi government to live in a safe place.

  9. Why Choose America? • America offered religious freedom • America was safe, away from the wars in Europe • America is the “Land of Opportunity” with jobs for everyone • America had plenty of unsettled land for farming

  10. Getting to America • Early immigration- sailing ships • Long voyage-months • Crowded conditions • Sickness • By 1970- steamships • Shorter voyage- • 2 or 3 weeks • Safer conditions

  11. What America Was Like for German Immigrants • Germans were one of the early immigrant groups to arrive in the US • No major difficulties in settling here • Many Germans worked as farmers • German immigrants worked as bakers, nurses, blacksmiths, etc.

  12. What America Was Like for German Immigrants • German immigrants arrived on the east coast of America • They moved to cities and town where other Germans were already living in the Midwest and West. They were pioneers.

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