Push or Pull Factors
Your family was starving. There was no rain (drought) and your crops could not grow.
Push factor
What did immigrants see first when they traveled by boat across the Atlantic Ocean?
The Statue of Liberty
People from Italy spoke ____________
Italian
This is a person that moves from one country to another to live.
Immigrant
America is known as _______________.
The Land of Opportunity
You wanted to become a doctor, but you are a girl. Girls can't be doctors in your country, so you moved to America!
Pull
What island did European immigrant stop at for inspection?
Ellis Island
Irish immigrants loved to ________. It was a big part of their culture.
Dance
These are reasons people WANT to move from one country to another.
Pull Factors
Ellis Island was known as _______________.
The Island of Hope or the Island of Tears.
Push
What island did Chinese immigrants stop at for inspection when they immigrated to America?
Angel Island
__________ was very important to the people that immigrated from Italy.
Family
These are reasons people HAVE to move from one country to another.
Push Factors
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of __________.
Freedom
Give an example of a pull factor.
Answers will vary.
Immigration is when people ____________.
Move from one country to another.
German immigrants were pushed to America because they didn't want to go to the same _____ as the Government.
Church
When all the potatoes rotted up and died in Ireland it was called a ____________.
Potato famine
The journey to America was often ____________.
Long, hard, tiring, dirty, crowded
Give an example of a push factor.
Answers will vary.
Immigrants moved to America for many reasons. These reasons are called __________ and ___________.
Push and Pull factors
Music
What is the name of a person that can speak many languages and helped immigrants communicate.
Translator
America is known as a _________________
Melting pot