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 | Hello class, here is todays discussion question I would like to begin class with. Through history, what would you say are the main factors for immigration into the U.S.? | |
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| Well professor MacDonald, I believe that the biggest factor driving people to immigrate to the U.S. is fleeing from danger. | |
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| Alright great point, but that could be considered to be more of a modern reason. The reasons have changed over decades. In the late 19th century a huge influx of Chinese immigrants came to America. Why? | |
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| Hmmm, well I would say that the reason was become of the gold rush and the mining boom. Okay I'm starting to see a pattern now. | |
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| Correct, immigration has always been a part of history and there have been different driving forces that have caused fro people to migrate such as the industrial revolution, the gold rush, fleeing from catastrophe, etc. | |
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| Interesting, I was only looking at it from a modern perspective but times have always been different in history. This discussion is great. | |
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