When explaining migration, scholars often try to understand the “push” factors (those factors which pushed migrants away from their homeland) and “pull factors” (those factors specific to their new destinations that pulled the migrants there). For example, civil war might push someone from their home country and stability might pull them to a new country. What were the push and pull factors for Progressive-era immigration. Why did so many people emigrate during this period and, upon arrival, how did they navigate their new lives in America?
You will answer the following question in a 400-word MLA style essay: In what ways did the Progressive presidents (Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson) promote the expansion of American power overseas? In what ways were their imperialistic ambitions similar to or different from one another?