Vocabulary
People who lived before us who we are related to
Descendants/Ancestors
The reasons that draw people toward something else
Pull Factor
The reasons that something does or doesn't happen a certain way
Factors
Immigration center located on the East Coast of the United States
Ellis Island
The motto of the United States
(Hint: it means out of many, one)
e pluribus unum
A person who was born in a country and moves to a new country
Immigrant
The reasons that drive people away from something
Push Factors
A chance or possibility to achieve or do something
Opportunity
Immigration center located on the West Coast of the United States
Angel Island
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution
Things people depend on you to do
Responsibilities
The major push factor for Irish immigrants
The potato blight
To help or encourage
Support
Where did many immigrants settle and why?
Cities because they had a support system
The "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
To leave a country or region to settle in another
Emigrate
The pull factor that brought many Chinese immigrants to the U.S.
Gold Mountain
Customary or long established, and described something that has been been done in the same way for a long
Traditional
A German mathematician and engineer who immigrated to the United States to avoid being arrested
Charles Steinmetz
What does it mean to turn over a new leaf?
To make a fresh start
A design made from many small tiles, stones, or other objects that are placed together to form a pattern or picture
Mosaic
The United States is known by this name because of the many pull factors that attracted immigrants
The Land of Opportunity
Something is sure to happen
Guaranteed
Many Americans and immigrants moved to this region of the U.S. to build homesteads
The Midwest
Why is "out of many, one" a good motto for the U.S.?
The United States is a country made up of many different immigrants who have come together to form one nation