People
Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What continent did most of the immigrants who arrived in New York come from?
Europe
What is the name for our "highest law of the land"?
The Constitution
What caused millions of Irish people to come to America in the late 1800's?
The potato famine
What is the oath we say each morning to our flag?
The Pledge of Allegiance
What is the name for a person who leaves their home country and settles in another country?
An Immigrant
What continent did most of the immigrants who came to America on the west coast come from?
Asia
What is the nickname for America that is also a form of art made with many smaller pieces?
Mosaic
What did many Asian immigrants believe they would find in America?
A gold mountain
Name two things you need to do in order to become an American citizen?
Write and speak English, live in the country for at least 5 years, be over 18 years old, answer questions about history and government
What is the name for people who belong to a country and are given certain rights and protections from the country?
A citizen
What is the name of the immigration station in New York City?
Ellis Island
What is a person called that takes a test to become a citizen of the United States?
a Naturalized Citizen
Name two push factors that made people leave their home country.
Answers vary (control by the government, hunger, poor, no religious freedom, no land)
What is one reason someone may have been turned away at Ellis Island?
(sickness, no money, no job, cannot speak English)
Who is standing in New York harbor ready to greet immigrants who enter the country?
The Statue of Liberty
What is the name of the immigration station in San Francisco, California?
Angel Island
What is the name for privileges that are given to citizens of the United States based on our Constitution?
Rights
Name two pull factors that brought people to America.
Answers vary (promise of gold, opportunity, land, food, freedom)
Name something that may be part of life in a city for an immigrant.
Answers vary (could include - living in crowded apartments, factory jobs, ethnic neighborhoods)
Who came to America through Angel Island? Many found jobs building the railroad.
Chinese immigrants
What is the name given to the third class travelers on ships coming to America?
Steerage
As Americans, we are all the _______________ of immigrants. (The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren of...)
Descendants
What did people in other countries see America as?
The Land of _______________
Opportunity
Name something that immigrants moving to the midwest might experience.
Answers vary (could include - lots of land, building own home, making a farm)