Ellis Island
Where was Ellis Island located?
New York Harbor
True or false- The process of getting into Angel Island was harder than the process of getting into Ellis Island.
True
True or false- The Middle Eastern Immigrants came into Iowa during the 1820s-1845s
False- they came mostly during 1895-1945
List two things you should do as a citizen
Give one example of push factors for the people in Europe
(population growth, hunger, lack of jobs, crop failure, potato famine, no land, religious persecutions)
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
The law prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
What year did the Danes come to Iowa?
Around the 1870s
List two benefits of becoming a citizen
Varying answers (include being able to vote, running for office, bringing family, cannot get deported, and government benefits)
What were three examples of pull factors attracting the Europeans to America?
Free society, natural resources, jobs, farmland, minerals, gold/silver
Approximately how many immigrants came to Angel Island?
Around 1 million
Why did Danes come to Iowa?
They lost the war, they didn't want German rule, and they wanted religious freedom.
List two things you must do as a citizen
Obey laws, pay taxes, register for the military draft, serve in court, attend school until 16
What was the process of administration once you got to Ellis Island?
You started with medical inspections and then legal interviews
Approximately what percentage of Chinese were sent back after failing the exam/interview?
Around 10%
What was one of the only reasons that the Czech and Slovak came to Iowa?
Jobs
How to become a citizen
Born on U.S soil or naturalization process
What steamship brought the first person to be processed into Ellis Island?
The S.S Nevada
What were the 2 largest jobs the French Canadian immigrants performed?
They worked in textile mills & lumber camps
List at least 2 cities the Lebanese immigrants came.
Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Des Moines, Fort Madison, and Fort Dodge.
The percentage of Americans living in cities increased by how much percent from 1870 to 1920?
25%