Goodbye Bayern/The American Dream

Fate of German Emigrants in America

Reason why?

Individuals around the globe migrate for a broad variety of reasons, which can be put in two categories:

“Push” factors are conditions in migrants’ home countries that make it difficult or even impossible to live there.
“pull” factors are the situation and the possibilities in the destination country that make it a more attractive place to live than their home countries.

Sort the terms into the correct category!

push-factors	violence	no work	political oppression	environmental degradation and climate change
pull-factors	work	economic opportunities	better qualitiy of life	access to education

Jürnjakob Swehn der Amerikafahrer von Johannes Gillhoff, digitalisierte Ausgabe von Michael Palmer (2017)