Vocabulary
The difference between immigration and emigration
Immigration is to come to a new country, emigration is to leave your country of origin.
The bridge between Asia and North America
Bering Land Bridge
The first colony in North America.
Jamestown.
The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
A literacy test in 1917.
What major refugee resettlement is currently underway in the US?
Afghan refugee resettlement.
An example of assimilation
The process of adopting or adapting to a new culture. (Answers vary)
How long ago did the first humans migrate here?
15-20,000 years ago.
The pilgrims arrived in 1620, but the first ship of enslaved Africans arrived ___.
in 1619.
On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrive in the British colony of Virginia and are then bought by English colonists.
How many tries do you get at your citizenship civics test?
128, but they ask 20.
DACA stands for
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Before colonization, ____ tribes existed in North, Central, and South America.
Why did/do people come to the US?
Freedom from religious persecution, more economic opportunities, etc. (answers may vary)
What are the two major components to citizenship testing today?
English (reading, writing, speaking), and Civics.
What's a question that was asked on our practice civics tests yesterday?
Answers vary.
How could a person be a defector in the US?
Be a traitor to the government (answers vary)
The map that shows indigenous lands before colonization.
Map of Tribal Nations.
The islands that processed millions of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Ellis & Angel Island
The civics test for citizenship is...
An interview. You answer questions orally.
What does the phrase "We are all immigrants" mean?
Answers vary.
"All r___ are i____, but not all ___ are ___."
All refugees are immigrants, but not all immigrants are refugees.
A century after Columbus landed, Approximately 6 million indigenous people were left in the Americas. Why?
Violence & disease (smallpox, measles, influenza).
The last time major immigration reform was passed in congress.
1986: Immigration Reform and Control Act.
President Ronald Reagan signs into law, which grants amnesty to more than 3 million immigrants living illegally in the United States.
That's 35 years.
You need a ___ percent to pass the civics test.
60%, which is 12/20 correct answers.
What project is due next week in this class?
My Immigration Project!