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What ship did the pilgrims take to land in Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The Mayflower
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Where is Ellis Island located in?
New York Harbor
100
True or False: Immigrants chose to live and work near others from their own home country. And what are some examples of those places?
True. "China town", "Little Italy"
100
What is a symbol and give 2 examples of symbols for the United States?
Symbol is something that represents something else. Examples could be the Statue of Liberty, American flag, Liberty Bell, Washington Monument, eagle and etc.
100
True or False: California became the first state in which no one ethnic group made up a majority?
True
200
In 1942, explain what Christopher Columbus set out to explore and what he found instead.
He set out to find a shorter trade route to Asia but instead he ended up in the Caribbean Island.
200
What was the first thing that the immigrants saw as they coming near Ellis Island?
The Statue of Liberty
200
Who are some famous immigrants?
Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie, Leo Ming Pei, Joseph Pulitzer etc.
200
Why did France want to build the Statue of Liberty?
To support American freedom
200
True or False: More and more people from Europe have been immigrating to the United States since the 1820s.
False
300
What were some of the reasons that people decided to immigrate to America?
Religious persecution, poverty, finding a job, or to fulfill American dream etc.
300
How could an immigrant be sent back to his or her own country?
If they were found to have a disease.
300
Name at least three jobs that the immigrants had when they came to the United States.
They worked in factories, construction, mining, railroad, building skyscrapers, stores etc.
300
Who was the first person to go through the immigration process at the Ellis Island station?
A 15 year old girl named Annie Moore
300
What are some positive experiences or aspects of immigrants immigrating to the United States?
Start a new life, better job, receive an education etc.
400
Explain the difference between an immigrant and emigrant.
Immigrant is someone who has come from another country to settle into a new place and emigrant is someone who leaver her home country to settle in another country.
400
When did Ellis Island stop being used as a immigration processing place and what was this place used afterwards?
1924 and as a detention center.
400
Why did thousands of people flee from Cuba in the 1980s?
To flee from the oppressive dictatorship of Fidel Castro.
400
What is the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 based on?
It was a policy that was based on a preference for reuniting families and bringing highly skilled workers to the USA
400
Explain the 2 similarities and 1 difference between Angel Island and Ellis Island.
Similarities: Immigration processing place, inspect immigrants, ask questions, stop to get through before entering in the United States etc. Differences: Many more Asians entered Angel Island, Ellis Island in New York Harbor while Angel Island in San Francisco Bay etc.
500
Please share something from your immigrant journal about preparing to go to America.
Answers will vary.
500
What is a political cartoon and explain the message of it.
Answers will vary.
500
What were some difficulties of an immigrant?
Finding a place to live, finding a job, difference in culture/language, functioning in everyday life etc.
500
This act placed a restriction on who could enter the country. It allowed only 3% of the people from that country who were already living in that country to enter. What is this?
National Origins Act of 1924 (Immigration Act of 1924)?
500
How can a person who isn't born in the United States become an American citizen?
In order to be eligible, you need to have lived in the U.S. for a certain number of years, read/speak English, and know basic American history/law/symbols. Then, you turn in an application, interview an immigration officer, take a citizenship test, and take an oath.
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