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What Push and Pull Factors Affected Where William Skinner Worked and Lived?

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze primary source materials
  • Explain how natural resources affected settlement.
  • Use evidence to answer the question, “What push and pull factors made Mr. Skinner immigrate to Massachusetts?

Overview

Historians make connections. In this lesson, students will explore the push and pull factors on immigration from Europe to New England during the late 1800s.

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