Immigrant
What is an Immigrant?
An immigrant is a person who leaves their home country to settle and live permanently in a different country.
What city did the Ellis Island passengers go to first?
New York City
What was the first thing the steerage passengers saw when they came to Ellis Island?
A. Statue of Washington
B. Bull on Wallstreet
C. Statue of Liberty
D. Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
What city is Angel Island near?
San Francisco, California
Which of the following is Not one of the jobs new immigrants had when they came to America?
A. Railroads B. Factories
C. Uber Driver D. Mines
Uber Driver
Where the Steerage conditions were often referred by passengers as a what?
When steerage passengers came off the boats at Ellis Island they were divided into groups of what?
A. 50 B. 30
C. 60 D. 20
What exam did the steerage passengers have when they first came off the boat?
The 6 second medical exam
What two countries did the people came from to Angel Island?
China and Japan
Immigrants often relied on what to help them find jobs in America?
Friends and relatives
Many Immigrants came to America because they thought the streets were paved with what?
Gold
What continent did most of the immigrants come from to Ellis Island?
Europe
Medical Exam
How long did immigrants stay at Angel Island?
Weeks and months....
Many immigrants lived in places called what?
Tenements
What we're the three types of immigrants that came to America? The classes on ships.
First Class
2nd Class
Steerage Class
What is the place on Ellis Island where passengers had to wait 3-5 hours in a big room?
The Great Hall or Registry Room
What was the final exam at Ellis Island Called?
Legal Examination
True or False
Many Chinese had to prove they had family members already living in the USA?
True
Many immigrants faced what when they came to America?
Prejudice
What is one of the reasons an Immigrant came to America? Name 1 of the 4 reasons.
2. Lack of jobs in their country.
3. Escape war violence
4. Escape mistreatment from their religion.
Which passengers we're inspected on the boat instead of being processed at Ellis Island?
First Class and 2nd Class passengers
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What law limited the number of Chinese immigrants entering America?
America became a very diverse variety of people called what?
Melting Pot