Vocab
A person who has the right to live in a certain place is called a
citizen
What did immigrants travel on to get to America?
A Ship
What are some good things they immigrants experienced in America?
Freedom, better jobs, and education (Any of these are acceptable)
Many _____________________________ traveled to the United States by ship from Europe and Asia.
immigrants
Why do many immigrants move to the United States?
To have a better life
Why couldn't some immigrants get jobs?
People were discriminating against them
Some people ____________________________ against others or treat people unfairly because they are a part of a different group.
discriminate
Where do scientists believe the first Americans arrived from at least 11,500 years ago?
Asia
Where did immigrants from the same country choose to settle?
Many immigrants settled in the same neighborhoods.
________________________ are people who come from another place to live in a country.
immigrants
Who brought African people to Virgina and enslaved them?
English Settlers
What does a timeline help us understand?
shows the order events happen
People who want to become a(n) ________________________ of the United States must apply and take a test on American history and the English language.
citizen
Why did European colonists enslave native peoples and, later, Africans in the Americas?
to do difficult mining and farm work
What year did the USA become a country?
1776