Very Important Vocab.
Who? When? Why?
The Statue of Liberty
At Ellis Island
Hodge Podge
100
Someone who comes to country to live.
What is an immigrant?
100
The first people to come to America. They came during the ice age, crossing a land bridge from Asia.
Who are the Native Americans?
100
The Statue of Liberty was created by this famous, French sculptor.
Who is August Bartholdi?
100
These people would watch you walk up the stairs when you entered Ellis Island.
Who were doctors?
100
This is America's nickname and means that we are nation made up of many races, religions, and cultures.
What is "The Great American Melting Pot?"
200
Someone who is forced to work for no money
What is a slave?
200
These English and Dutch immigrants sailed from England on the Mayflower. They came to worship God in their own way in 1620
Who were the pilgrims?
200
The Statue of Liberty is modeled after this person.
Who is the sculptor's mother?
200
The name for someone who asks you questions or checks you out.
What is and inspector?
200
These are some things we have in America because of immigrants.
What are pizza, soccer, Santa Claus (will accept reasonable answers)
300
A relative that lived before you.
What is an ancestor?
300
These were unwilling immigrants; brought from Africa against their will, and forced to work on tobacco farms
Who were the slaves?
300
The seven spikes on Liberty's crown represent these.
What are the 7 continents and 7 seas?
300
These were reasons you might be deported (sent back to your country).
What are having a contagious disease or an inability to take care of yourself.
300
These are some reasons immigrants have come to America.
What are better jobs, promise of land, freedom, and safety.
400
3rd class traveling conditions; the bottom part of a boat where the poorest travelers stayed.
What is steerage?
400
These immigrants came in hopes of finding gold or a job working on the new transcontinental railroad.
Who were the Chinese?
400
This is where the Statue of Liberty is located.
What is New York Harbor (Bedloe's Island)?
400
These are some examples of questions legal inspectors might ask you.
What are, "What is your name?", "How much money do you have?" "Where are you going?", "Can you read?" and/or "Do you have a job lined up?"
400
These words can be used to describe the ocean voyage to America for many 3rd class immigrants.
What are crowded, noisy, bad food, lots of sickness?
500
When someone was refused entry to our country and sent back to their old country.
What is a deported?
500
These immigrants came because a famine in their country had left them without food for a long time.
Who were the Irish?
500
The Statue's tablet is inscribed with this date.
What is July 4, 1776 (Independence Day)
500
Inspectors would do this if they wanted to question you further or noticed that you had a health problem.
What is detain you? (Also will accept mark you with chalk)
500
This is a word used to describe people who have to escape from their country.
What is a refugee?
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