Which statement best summarizes the difference between immigrants to the United States before and after 1930? Between 1830 and 1930 most U.S. immigrants were slaves; between 1930 and the present most were free persons. Between 1830 and 1930 most U.S. immigrants were wealthy; between 1930 and the present most were poor.

In migration push and pull factors both play a role. There are three push and pull factors: economic, cultural and environmental. The majority of migrants migrate due to economical reasons. The U.S and Canada have been the main country where economic migrates immigrate.

Some reasons for this migration occurring is due to environmental or natural disasters, chemical or nuclear disasters, famine, conflicts, and more. Examples of this are the refugees and asylum seekers in Syria and people fleeing natural disasters like Earthquakes that have occurred in the past few years in Haiti.

The Zelinsky Model of Migration Transition, also known as the Migration Transition Model or Zelinsky’s Migration Transition Model, claims that the type of migration that occurs within a country depends on how developed it is or what type of society it is.

Internal migration or domestic migration is human migration within a country. Internal migration tends to be travel for education and for economic improvement or because of a natural disaster or civil disturbance.

MIGRATION The movement of people across a specified boundary, national (i.e. internal) or international, to establish a new permanent place of residence” 3. MIGRATION “Human Migration is the permanent change of residence by an individual or groups,excluding such movements as nomadism and migrant labour”.

1 : to move from one country, place, or locality to another Thousands of workers migrate to this area in the summer. 2 : to pass usually periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.

People move for different reasons. These differences affect the overall migration process. Theories of migration are important because they can help us understand population movements within their wider political and economic contexts. …

The theories are: 1. Everett Lee’s Theory of Migration 2. Duncan’s Theory 3. Standing’s Theory of Materialism.