The document summarizes the factors that led many Greeks to immigrate to the United States between 1880-1920. Key push factors included Greece gaining independence but remaining undeveloped, and the Balkan Wars between Greece and Turkey. Major pull factors were opportunities for Greeks to work unskilled jobs in America and send money back to Greece, enabling them to buy land. While some Greeks assimilated over time, many maintained aspects of Greek culture like the Greek Orthodox Church, Greek language schools, and traditional foods and dances.

1. 19th Century

3. Push Factors
 Greek War of Independence 1821-1832 against the
Ottoman Empire
 1833 Greece had new land, but it was undeveloped
 400,000 immigrated to the US between 1880-1920
(Alexander Kitroeff,
http://www.thejourneygreekamericandream.org/film)

4. The Ottoman Empire 16th Century

5. Pull Factors
 Greeks could come to America and work in unskilled
jobs such as laborers, farm hands etc.
 Make piles of money and return to Greece.
 Once returning to Greece, they would buy land and
pay their sisters’ dowries.

6. 1912-1913 Balkan Wars
 Greece and Turkey fought
 Greeks decided to return to American instead of
staying in Greece
 They opened cafes and coffee shops.
 Social communities developed around these areas
 Then, churches and Greek schools.

7. Balkan War 1912-1913

8. Behaviorally/Assimilated
 Depends on the individual
 Many still attend the Greek Orthodox Church
 Intermarry
 Children attend Greek schools
 Learn folk dances of Greece
 Eat and prepare traditional Greek Food.

9. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

10. Annual Greek Festival

11. Behavioral Assimilation Example
 Mission Statement: The mission of the Holy Trinity
Greek Afternoon School, the School of Continuing
Education and the authorized Examination Center is
the teaching, preservation and promotion of the Greek
language, Greece’s glorious history, its great
civilization, the Hellenic-Christian ideals, and the
subsequent reinforcement of Greek national identity
in the Greek students – holy heritage and unsurpassed
values for the generations of today and tomorrow.
(http://htgo.org/ministries/greek-school/)

12. Traditional Greek Dancing
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zpaSku564

13. Works Cited
 http://www.thejourneygreekamericandream.org/film.htm
By Historian Alexander Kitroeff
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Greece
_and_the_Greek_world#19th_century
 Google / Wikipedia for images
 http://chnm.gmu.edu/greekam/timeline.html
 http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/top-10-dishes-
try-greece
 http://htgo.org/ministries/greek-school/
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9zpaSku564
 http://www.pahh.com/frangos/film-history.html