Vocabulary
Push or Pull Factor
Potpurri
Political Cartoons
Where Am I From?
100
The part of a ship where the poor immigrants stayed. It was crowded and had mechanical equipment.
What is steerage?
100
Potato Famine
What is a push factor?
100
The island where immigrants from Europe landed and were processed in New York.
What is Ellis Island?
100
The name at the top of the cartoon. Usually tells you what the cartoon will be about.
What is the title?
100
I moved because of the pogroms
What is Russia (Jew)
200
Attacks by Russian troops on Russian Jewish villages.
What are Pogroms?
200
California Gold Rush
What is a pull factor?
200
Called "The New Colossus", this is the famous statue that welcomed immigrants.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
The big idea that a cartoon is about.
What is the topic/theme?
200
I moved across the border for farming jobs after the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
What is Mexico?
300
Land that is very good for growing crops.
What is arable?
300
Job opportunities in the United States.
What are pull factors?
300
The island in California where Asian immigrants often entered the country.
What is Angel Island?
300
The point of view of a political cartoon can be either, positive or _______________.
What is negative?
300
I entered the country at Angel Island to find gold or to lay the railroad tracks.
What is China?
400
Sending someone out of the country that they are currently living in.
What is deportation?
400
Pogroms
What are push factors?
400
This law stopped new Chinese immigrants from entering the country.
What is Chinese Exclusion Act?
400
These backup the topic of the cartoon. They give support to the artists message.
What are supporting details?
400
I came after the potato famine led my family to starvation.
What is Ireland/Irish?
500
Adopting the culture of the country that you have immigrated to.
What is assimilation?
500
Family doing well in the United States.
What is a pull factor?
500
People from the United States who did not want immigrants entering the country.
What are nativists?
500
These are drawings of he characters in the cartoon, that are designed to make them look a little different then they actually look.
What are caricatures?
500
I settled in New England and worked in textiles or in lumber.
What is a French-Canadian?
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