Demographic effects
Population redistribution
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Impact on indigenous populations
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Economic effects
Effects on receiving societies
Effects on sending societies
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Cultural effects
Creation of diaspora communities
Cultural blending and syncretism
Nativism and anti-immigrant movements
Environmental effects
Transformation of landscapes
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Political effects
Immigrant contributions to politics
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Primary sources
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
U.S. Senate Immigration Commission (Dillingham Commission), report (1911)
Mohandas Gandhi, speech in South Africa (1896)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 6 topics
Unit 6 overview6.1Rationales for Imperialism from 1750 to 19006.2State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.3Indigenous Responses to State Expansion from 1750 to 19006.4Global Economic Development from 1750 to 19006.5Imperialism and Economic Development6.6Causes of Migration in an Interconnected World6.7Effects of Migration6.8Causation in the Imperial Age6.9Comparison in the Imperial Age