PUSH/PULL FACTORS
ARRIVAL AND LIFE IN THE US
GERMAN CULTURE
GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA
GERMAN LANGUAGE
100
This event split Germany into two parts: East Germany and West Germany.
What is World War II?
100
Germans first arrived in Jamestown in this year.
What is 1607?
100
German Catholics celebrate the feast of ____ ____ with outdoor walks.
What is Corpus Christi?
100
Schools that were created by Germans (hint: religious).
What are parochial schools?
100
The best medical doctor you can have.
What is herr doktor?
200
In 1933, Albert Einstein, a pacifist Jew, along with many other scholars, artists, and intellectuals, fled to America from Germany to escape this political party.
What are the Nazis?
200
Name two reasons Germans came to America.
What are religious conflict, political conflict, economic failure, potato famine?
200
German Christmas celebrations emphasize these 2 things.
What are family and the exchange of gifts?
200
Daily Double! In this year, German American anarchists were instrumental in the forming of the labor movement implicated in the Chicago Haymarket bombing.
What is 1886?
200
Daily Double! Der herr der ringe (German -> English)
What is Lord of the Rings in German?
300
Germans had one of these right after the Irish did in the mid-19th century.
What is a potato famine?
300
Many German immigrants were Catholic, but the Catholic Church was considered to be controlled by this immigrant group.
What are the Irish?
300
In the U.S., German culture is almost synonymous with this (specific region in Germany) culture.
What is Bavarian culture?
300
Germans were skilled in _____, _______, and _____.
What is/are baking, carpentry, brewing?
300
hallo willkommen in meinem Haus (German -> English)
What is "Hello, welcome to my house"?
400
Immigrant levels jumped from this number to over a million after 1850.
What is 6,000?
400
During this time period/event, many Americans became anti-German and German businesses, newspapers, and schools were closed.
What is WWI?
400
A full length skirt worn by German women and men's shorts with suspenders (name both).
What are a dirndl and lederhosen?
400
Name two things Germans introduced to the U.S.
What is: kindergarten, haribo bears, Christmas tree, Easter Bunny?
400
Schmuck (German -> English)
What is "jewelry" in German?
500
German immigration into the U.S. reached its apex during this time period(Hint: 18__-1885)
What is 1881 to 1885?
500
Fill in the blanks (Get all of them correct to get the points!): 1. German families were usually _________ 2. In non-farm-centered families, wives and husbands worked together in ______, family-_____ _______. 3. Children frequently _____ ______ _____. 4. Boys entered ____ businesses and girls entered ________ service. 5. Germans employed outside the home labored in ______ work or the ______ industry.
What are... 1. patriarchal 2. small, family centered farms 3. left school early 4. family, domestic 5. janitorial, service
500
Icons and imagery seen by Germans as almost inseparable from their culture (name 2).
What are: fast cars, beer, sausage, sauerkraut?
500
The first President with a German surname was Dwight D. Eisenhower, but he was strongly disliked by them for doing this.
What is defeating Germany in WWII?
500
Oktoberfest, a 16 day festival in Germany, is actually celebrated in this month.
What is September?
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