Push/Pull Factors
I am the Push factor having to do with food that caused many people to leave Ireland. What am I?
the potato blight? (OR the potato famine)
I am the number of years an immigrant must live in American before you can apply for citizenship.
five years
The American government gives me certain rights, and in return, I have certain responsibilities. What am I?
A United States Citizen
I am the document that states the rights that United states Citizens have. What am I?
the Bill of Rights
I am the country that Fiona, her brother, and the rest of her family immigrated from due to the Potato blight. What country am I?
Ireland
I came to American to practice my religion freely. Was this reason a pull factor or push factor?
A Pull Factor
I am an immigrant who came to the United States from Europe looking for a better life. What immigration center did I go through?
Ellis Island
I am considered the "Father of the Constitution". Who am I?
James Madison
If you are promised that something will be done, or that you'll receive something, you are given a ______________.
guarantee
I am what some immigrants experienced when they came to the U.S. from people who lived here and were not welcoming or kind to them. What am I?
hostility
I am a great shortage of food. What am I?
a famine
We are things you as a citizen are in charge of or are depended on to care for, such as paying taxes. What are we?
responsibilities
I am the statue that greeted many immigrants who entered New York Harbor. What am I?
the Statue of Liberty
We are a group of people chosen from the public to listen to facts during a trial in order to decide whether a person on trial is guilty or not guilty, which is a given right. What are we?
a jury
I am the German man who immigrated to the United States because I was afraid of being sent to jail for an article I wrote. Who am I?
Charles Steinmetz
If you don't have enough of something, especially money or time, you might say you "can't ______ to do something."
afford
I was born in another country but came to the United States, studied, took a citizen ship test and became one of these. What am I?
a naturalized citizen
I am your relative who lived many, many years ago. I am NOT your descendent. What am I?
an ancestor
I am the document that lays down the foundation for the laws of the United States and explains how the U.S. government works. What am I?
the United States Constitution
I am the Latin phrase that means “out of many, one.” What phrase am I?
"e pluribus Unum"
We are established, or traditional, ways of doing things. What are we?
customs
I am an immigrant who came to the United States from China looking for “Gold Mountain.” What immigration center did I go through?
Angel Island?
I am the introduction to the Constitution and begin with the words "We the People..." What am I?
the Preamble
I am a word that means giving approval or permission for something to take place. What am I?
consent
I am when something is customary or long-established; I describe something that has been done in the same way over a long period of time even when one moves to another country, such as decorating with a tree for Christmas or putting up a Menorah for Hanukah. What am I?
a tradition