Migration, Immigration & Growing Towns — Drills · Grade 7 Social Studies
Chapter: Early Republic, Markets & MigrationWhat these drills covers
By the end of Migration, Immigration & Growing Towns you should be able to:
- I can explain what pushed the Irish and German migrations of the 1840s and 1850s.
- I can tell overseas arrivals apart from people moving within the country.
- I can explain what nativism was and what it achieved.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: context, primary source, interpretation, migration, nativism.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
Immigration involves entering a country to settle, while internal migration occurs between places within its boundaries; historical boundaries must be specified.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
Dated household, census, work, travel, or community records could follow later locations, while identifying gaps and changes in recording.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
People within a country have different circumstances, resources, beliefs, relationships, and aims. A particular decision needs particular evidence.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
Population change includes multiple processes and possible boundary or recording changes. Arrival counts and total residents measure different categories.