Vocabulary
What country are we citizens of?
USA
Describe the conditions that immigrants faced while on the boat
- Bad conditions
- Unsanitary/ dirty
Immigrants often settled in new places together or separate?
Together
The first group of people to live in the United States before the 1800s.
The Indigenous People/ Native Americans
All in all, immigrants generally came to the United States because they wanted to have a better ___
life
Why did the Irish people leave Ireland to come to the USA?
There was a potato famine.
A person who belongs to a country and has living rights
Citizen
Where did the first Americans arrive from?
Europe
What are some reasons that a person may leave their country?
-War
- Bad conditions
- In search for a better life
A person who comes to a country from another country and wants to live there.
Immigrant
What must an immigrant have before coming to the United States?
Permission to stay
Why did immigrants rush to California?
To try to find gold
To unfairly treat another person due to differences
Discriminate
What is an example of how someone can discriminate against another person?
- skin color
- religion
Why did European colonists enslave native peoples and, later, Africans in the Americas?
To make them do challenging labor on their behalf