IMPROVED TRANSPORT LEADING TO MIGRATION

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    • Railways: The advancement of rail travel enabled people to migrate internally, but also to travel to ports to emigrate. Over time this became cheaper and faster.
    • Steamships: Permanent migration was also increasing due to the invention of the steamship. It became faster and more affordable to travel to places like Canada. In the 1850s it took 6 weeks to cross the Atlantic and by 1914 it took only 1 week.