why do people relocate (move)?

Why do people relocate (move)?

• loss of job• lack of opportunity • over-crowding • famine• war

When a family is planning to move, what do they look for?

• Better jobs • better climate• lower taxes• more room • professional opportunity

Unit 3 Movement of

People

Movement of People to the U. S.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/09/gapacket05.pdf

Two types of movement

•Voluntary•Involuntary

Voluntary Movement

Voluntary is when someone is willing or wanting to do something.

» Raising your hand to read is a voluntary movement.» Signing up to play football or be a cheerleader is a

voluntary movement.

1. A voluntary migration is when a group of people chose to leave an area and relocate.

Voluntary Migrations

2. An example of a voluntary migration is the pilgrims coming landing at Plymouth.

 3. Another example of voluntary migration is

the Gold Rush.

Involuntary Movement

• Involuntary is when someone is made to do something against his/her will.

» For some of you, coming to school everyday may be an involuntary movement.

4. An involuntary migration is when a group of people are forced to leave and area and relocate.

Involuntary Migrations5. An example of a group of people who

involuntarily migrated is _African Americans. They were forced migrate to America as slaves.

 6. Another example of involuntary migration is

_Native Americans. They were force to migrate to reservations.

 7. A _reservation_ is a piece of land set aside by

the government for American Indians.

HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS

• Throughout the history of the United States and the world, there have been many movements of people. Some groups of people wanted to move and others were forced to move for various reasons.

Historical Movements

*Colonists—English moved to create a new life in the new world

*Pilgrims—wanted to practice their religious beliefs

*Pioneers—wanted to their own land*Slaves—wanted their freedom

Gold Rush• The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24,

1848, when gold was discovered by James Wilson Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.[1] News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.[2] Of the 300,000, approximately 150,000 arrived by sea while the remaining 150,000 arrived by land.

• These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners," (as a reference to 1849) traveled to California by sailing boat and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip.

• The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco grew from a small settlement to a boomtown, and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout California. A system of laws and a government were created, leading to the admission of California as a free state in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850.

• New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service and railroads were built. The business of agriculture, California's next major growth field, was started on a wide scale throughout the state. However, the Gold Rush also had negative effects: Native Americans were attacked and pushed off traditional lands, and gold mining caused environmental harm.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/

http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/

Event Cause Effect

Gold Rush(Voluntary)

Claim of gold found in the west

Westward expansion(California became a state.)

Gold Rush

Oregon Trail• The Oregon Trail was a voluntary

migration that occurred beginning in the 1841.

• The businesses in the United States were not doing well and therefore could not pay their loans.

• The Pioneers were forced to make a new beginning.

Voluntary Migration

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

Event Cause Effect

Oregon Trail(Voluntary)

People were having a hard time making a living. Forced to make a new beginning

Westward expansion

Oregon Trail

Jamestown Settlement• 1607• 1st European Settlement• To search for treasure and spread

Christianity

Voluntary Movement

http://www.historyisfun.org/Jamestown-Settlement.htm

Event Cause Effect

Jamestown Settlement(Voluntary)

To search for treasure and spread Christianity

A new colony was formed

Jamestown Settlement

Underground Railroad

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

***1830

Voluntary Migration

Event Cause Effect

Underground Railroad(Voluntary)

Slavery African-Americans moved north and gained their freedom.

Underground Railroad

Trail of Tears

• The Trail of Tears occurred in 1831.• This was an involuntary movement.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/trailoftearsdef.htm

Primary Source

8. A primary source is information that gives the real words and views of people who were there when an event took place.

9. Examples of Primary Sources

• United States Constitution• Photograph of a crime scene• A diary entry of your day at school

Secondary Source

10. A secondary source is information written at a later time by someone who was not there to see what happened when an event took place.

Example of Secondary Sources

11. A textbook written today about an event that took place in 1861

*a story written about a baseball game, based on the author’s interview of people who saw the game

12. Point of view

• Is a person’s set of a beliefs that have been shaped by factors such as whether the person is old or young, male or female, rich or poor.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm