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Great Migration (European migration to America)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Migration_(European_migration_to_America)
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
European emigration to America
gptkbp:cause
gptkb:dam
economic opportunity
revolutionary
religious freedom
gptkbp:destination
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:estimatedMigrants
over 30 million
gptkbp:homeport
gptkb:Ellis_Island
gptkb:Castle_Garden
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Great Migration (European migration to America)
gptkbp:impact
cultural diversity in America
population growth in America
urbanization in America
gptkbp:influencedBy
industrialization
persecution
potato famine
wars in Europe
gptkbp:involvedGroup
gptkb:English_Puritans
gptkb:Jews
gptkb:Scots
gptkb:Poles
gptkb:Germans
gptkb:Italians
gptkb:Scandinavians
Irish
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Mayflower_voyage
Ellis Island immigration
gptkbp:notableFor
1620s-1640s
1840s-1920s
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:Mayflower
gptkb:SS_Amerika
gptkb:SS_Bremen
gptkb:SS_Vaterland
gptkb:SS_Great_Western
gptkbp:origin
gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:peakPeriod
early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:prohibits
gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act
gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
immigration quotas
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Industrial_Revolution
gptkb:Colonial_America
gptkb:Immigration_Act_of_1924
Atlantic crossing
Transatlantic migration
gptkbp:tookPlaceIn
17th century
18th century
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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