Ellis Island
What was the famous statue that is located near Ellis Island?
What is the U.S. state that Angel Island is located?
California
What continent that most people immigrated from in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Europe
Letters that overstated the facts of America and giving Europeans the idea to live in a free society
True or false: Angle Island was designed to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act.
True
What was a major pull factor for people to move to Iowa?
Agriculture
What is the process that immigrants have to take to become a U.S. citizen?
Naturalization process
What year was the Ellis Island immigration station built
1982
What group of people were blamed for the damage of California's economy in 1870?
The Chinese
What push factor caused Bosnians to come to Iowa in the 1900s?
War
Name two major push factors for Europeans
Population growth and hunger
What was the act that caused Chinese Immigrants to be contained in harsh conditions and face intense interrogations?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What percentage of immigrants failed their medical examination?
20%
What are the two most common jobs for Chinese Immigrants?
Railroad and agricultural work
Steerage