what were some of the push factors for italians to leav during the late 1800s??

Answer 1

Considering that most of those who left left from the largely agrarian South, rather than the quickly industrializing North, one can speculate that it had something to do with downward pressure on wages exerted by growing population. Most of the land was in the hands of the few wealthy landowners, who were thus primary (if not the only) employers. There were only so many laborers the landlords could hire; those who did not get hired faced some really grim prospects (not that those who had jobs made a killing though).