The Statue of Liberty
Reasons for Immigrating
Vocabulary
People Groups
Miscellaneous
100
The Statue of Liberty was also known as the "Mother of _______."
What is Exiles?
100
What caused the Irish to immigrate to America from 1845-1849.
What is the potato blight?
100
People who go into a new country.
What are immigrants?
100
This group of people lived in America longer than any other people group.
What is Native Americans or American Indians?
100
Name one of the requirements a person must meet to become a United States Citizen.
What is - be eighteen years old, have lived in the U.S. for at least 5 years, show an understanding of the English language, obey all the laws of the Untied States, and know a little bit about the history and government of the United States?
200
This country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a gift.
What is France?
200
What people group were forced to come to America?
What are Africans?
200
People who move away from their own country to live in another place.
What are emigrants?
200
This country controlled the thirteen colonies before 1776.
What is England?
200
Although there were many different ports that immigrants to American came to, this port received the most immigrants.
What is New York?
300
The Statue of Liberty is made from this metal.
What is copper?
300
Russian Jews immigrated to America because of persecution, or this.
What are pogroms?
300
The lowest deck of a ship (also the cheapest ticket for passage on a ship).
What is steerage?
300
This group of people built a fort at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.
What are the Spanish?
300
The name of the station for receiving immigrants into the United States from 1892-1954.
What is Ellis Island?
400
The Statue of Liberty is located in this harbor.
What is New York Harbor?
400
This event caused immigration to America to slow almost to a stop between 1860-1865.
What is the American Civil War?
400
This form of travel made it possible for Russian and Italian emigrants to get to the ships bound for America.
What is the railroad?
400
This group of people settled mostly on the West Coast.
What are the Chinese?
400
The name of the first official station for receiving immigrants into the United States.
What is Castle Garden?
500
This man sculpted the Statue of Liberty.
Who is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi?
500
Name three reasons people have immigrated to America.
What is to find a better life, to find freedom to worship God, and to find political freedom?
500
The Declaration of Independents states this about about people:
What is "All men are created equal?"
500
This term refers to the immigrants who came to America after the Civil War, who had a difficult time adjusting to the new language and cultures of life in America.
What are "new immigrants?"
500
Name two possible sources you could turn to if you wanted to find out information about your family history.
What is - older family members, an old family Bible, newspaper clippings, old letters, old photographs, diaries, baby books, autograph books, a family tree?
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