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Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.8
What were some of the push factors that encouraged immigrants to leave their home countries during the Gilded Age?
Gender inequality, quality education, food security, comfortable housing
Better weather conditions, adventurous journeys, cultural exploration
Economic stability, job satisfaction, political peace and freedom of religion
Poverty, unemployment, political instability, and religious or ethnic persecution
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