Push Factors
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When there is a lack of food.
Famine
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What year did immigrants begin to come to Ellis Island
1892
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This is the exam that took place on Ellis Island that could result in an immigrant being quarantined.
6 second exam
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Where is Angel Island located?
San Francisco, San Francisco Bay
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What event was the first pull factor that attracted Chinese to migrate to America?
The Gold Rush
What was the law passed that was against Chinese immigration?
What did the law do? 100 points for each effect.
Chinese Exclusion Act, banned Chinese immigration for 10 years, Chinese immigrants denied citizenship.
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The Statue of Liberty is in which body of water?
Hudson River
New York Harbor
East River
New York Harbor
What were the nickname of the ships the Irish took to arrive in America?
Coffin ships
How many immigrants came through Ellis Island
12 million
What percentage of immigrants to Ellis Island were refused entry?
2%
What continent were most of the immigrants process through Angel Island from?
Asia
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What major transportation structure did Chinese immigrants help build? Name TWO effects of this structure.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Cross the country in 6 days, safer that wagon trains, created cities at stopping posts.
What difficulties did Chinese immigrants face in America?
200 for every correct response. Limit is 5 responses.
Job competition, discrimination, violence, Angel Island, could not become citizens, barred from migrating to the US.
The crown of the Statue of Liberty represents...
The 7 continents and seven seas
What was the push factor that cause a mass migration of Irish immigrants to America in the 1840's and 1850's?
The Potato Famine
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What year did Ellis Island close?
1954
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In the 1700's what was Ellis Island used for?
Execute pirates
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What are two other landmarks are near Angel Island?
One is a bridge and the other is an infamous prison.
Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz
What was the nickname of America for Chinese immigrants?
Gam Saan "Gold Mountain"
This destroyed City Hall and the Hall of Records, allowing for Chinese immigrants to claim citizenship.
1906 San Fransisco Earthquake
The axe and shackles at the feet of the statue represent...
the ending of slavery in America.
Give examples of 3 push factors.
War, disease, famine, religious and ethnic persecution
Ellis Island located in which body of water?
New York Harbor
East River
Hudson River
New York Harbor
All Puerto Ricans migrating to the US had to be processed at Ellis Island?
True or False? Explain why.
No, not ALL, because as of 1917 Puerto Ricans were US citizens.
How long did some Chinese immigrants stay at Angel Island?
Weeks, months and even years
A mandatory hairstyle forced on the Han Chinese (mainland China) by the Manchu (Northern China, Mongolia) in the 1600's. It later became a traditional hairstyle in China.
A cue, or queue
This was a unstable explosive that only Chinese workers used.
nitroglycerin
Who designed the statue and who designed the framework?
Fredric Bartholdi design, Gustave Eiffel the framework
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Immigrants escaping the current war in Ukraine would be considered which class?
Refugees
Most immigrants processed through Ellis Island were from what continent?
Europe
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What is the number of questions immigrants were asked during the legal inspection?
29
Tyrus Wong arrived at Angel Island when he was 9 years old. What movie did he help animate as an adult?
Bambi, designed Hallmark cards, and storyboards for Warner Bros movies.
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Name ONE cause and two effects of the Taiping Rebellion.
20 million people died, a huge push factor for Chinese immigration to the US.
They were Chinese immigrants claiming to be relatives of Chinese-American citizens.
Paper sons and paper daughters
Besides the crown and the shackles/axe, name THREE other symbols of the Statue of Liberty.
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