English Immigration
Main Factors for Immigration
Religious Freedom & Economic Opportunities
Main Factor for Immigration
Potato Famine
Main Factor for Immigration
poverty, bread riots, lack of jobs, increase in food prices
The science, studying, or practice of farming
What is the next unit on?
World War I and the Roaring 20's
Name of ship that Pilgrims used to get to America?
Mayflower
Religion of Most Irish Immigrants
Roman Catholic
The phylloxera destroyed nearly every _____ to produce _____?
Grape vine to produce wine
Define Colony
A colony is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
How many full marathons (26.2 miles) has Mr. Puentes ran?
5
The pilgrims were also called? why were they called that?
Separatist because they wanted to separate from the Anglican Church of England
Capital of Ireland
Dublin
Which immigration station did Italians have to go through at this time?
Ellis Island
Define Indentured Servant
a form of labor where an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay an indenture or loan.
What is Mr. Puentes' first name?
Moisés
What was the southern colonies economy based on?
Farming of tobacco and cotton in huge plantations using enslaved people's laboir
Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Catholic american political party against Irish catholics
Know-Nothing Party
In the article we read it said Italians were also escaping military service. Which war are they talking about? and what years?
World War I, 1914-1918
Define Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.
What is the end of unit assessment for this unit?
Writing a multi-paragraph essay based on an interview with an immigrant.
Year of first British colony in America?
1607
Year of Potato Famine
1845, 1846
What is meant by "New Immigration" in 1890
Third and largest wave of immigration from Europe (Slavs, Jews, Italians)
Define Birthright Citizenship
Automatically receiving citizenship rights just for being born in that country
NYC shatters record for snowless winter. How many years has it been since the last snowless winter?
50 years