The Great America Melting Pot
Name one type of music that people brought to America.
Jazz and Blues
What year did Christopher Columbus discover the new world?
1400-1500.
What is the definition of the word IMMIGRANT?
A person who comes into a foreign country to live there.
What word is this an extreme shortage of food?
Famine.
Where is the statue of liberty located?
New York City.
Name two holidays that people brought to America.
Hanukkah,Valentines Day, and Christmas.
What year did pilgrims leave England to escape religious persecution?
1620.
What is the definition of the word EMIGRATE?
To leave a county to go to live in another county.
What word is this to come into a forien county to live there?
Immigrate.
When did Ellis Island become a natiol monument?
1965.
Why did people come to America?
For good land, freedom, no slavery, gold, and lots of food.
What year did the Second Great Wave occur?
1880-1924.
What is the definition of the word GOVERNMENT?
The laws,institutions and customs by which people are ruled.
What word is this the act of harming someone in a cruel or harmful way?
Persecution.
Where is Angel Island located?
California.
What did people from other counties bring to America?
People brought clothes, religion, holidays, food, music, and languages.
How many immigrants came though Ellis Island?
12 millon.
What is the definition of the word CITIZEN?
A person who lives in a country and is protected by it.
What word is this somthing acquired from the past, property that is passted down to an heir?
Heritage.
When was the first Great Wave?
1915-1960.
Why is America called the Great American Melting Pot?
It is called the Great American Melting Pot because many people from other countries came here to live in America.
How many immigrant arrived at Angel Island?
200,000
What is the definition for the word ANCESTOR?
One from whom a person is descended.
What word is this relating to groups of people who share common customs, usually because of the country they are from?
Ethnic.
What happened 12,000 years ago?
The land bridge that connected North America and Siberia.