Vocabulary
People who lived before us who we are related to
Descendants/Ancestors
The reasons that draw people toward something else
Pull Factor
Things that influence other things to happen.
A. Freedom
B. Factors
C. Opportunity
B. Factors
Immigration center located on the East Coast of the United States
Ellis Island
The motto of the United States
(Hint: it means out of many, one)
e pluribus unum
A person who was born in a country and moves to a new country
Immigrant
The reasons that drive people away from something
Push Factors
A chance or possibility to achieve or do something.
A. Responsibilities
B. Opportunity
B. Opportunity
Immigration center located on the West Coast of the United States
Angel Island
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution
True or False:
Keeping your desk area clean and doing your school work are two responsibilities that students have at school.
True
The major push factor for Irish immigrants
The potato blight
People who are related to earlier ancestors.
A. Ancestors
B. Descendants
C. Naturalized Citizen
B. Descendants
The first thing many immigrants saw whose ships came through New York Harbor to America
The Statue of Liberty
The "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
To leave a country or region to settle in another
Emigrate
The pull factor that brought many Chinese immigrants to the U.S.
Gold Mountain
Customary or long established; being done in the same way over a long period of time.
A. Traditional
B. Officially
C. Legally
A. Traditional
A German mathematician and engineer who immigrated to the United States to avoid being arrested
Charles Steinmetz
What does it mean to turn over a new leaf?
To make a fresh start
A design made from many small tiles, stones, or other objects that are placed together to form a pattern or picture
Mosaic
The United States is known by this name because of the many pull factors that attracted immigrants
The Land of Opportunity
Made certain; promised that something will be done or is sure to happen.
A. Consent
B. Guaranteed
B. Guaranteed
Many Americans and immigrants moved to this region of the U.S. to build homesteads
The Midwest
Why is "out of many, one" a good motto for the U.S.?
The United States is a country made up of many different immigrants who have come together to form one nation