Coming to America
People from one country who move to another country to live are called?
What does the torch in Lady Liberty's right hand stand for?
freedom
During the Industrial Revolution, more and more immigrants were needed to work where?
factories
How old must a person be to become a citizen?
18 years old
In Europe who owned the land that most farmers worked on?
the landowner
What material is the Statue of Liberty made out of?
Copper
*Andrew Carnegie is remembered because he did what?
What is the final step in becoming a citizen?
a citizenship ceremony
What two things caused the potato crops to fail?
weather and diseases
*When immigrants came to the United States, many stayed in the eastern part of the United States and lived where? (not in what)
Big cities
*Thousands of immigrants moved west to?
What is the one thing an immigrant can not become in America?
President or Vice President
Many Jewish people who lived in Russia were mistreated because of what?
*To get into the United States, many immigrants had to pass inspections at what location?
Ellis Island
*What did immigrants help to build?
The first railroad to the Pacific Ocean
What does e pluribus unum mean?
"Out of many, one."
*Many Irish came to the United States in the 1800s to escape what?
hunger and starvation because of dying potato crops
*What stands in New York Harbor and welcomes people to the United States?
the Statue of Liberty
*Many immigrants lived in crowded buildings called?
Tenements
Voting