Ellis Island
The city Ellis Island is located near?
What is New York City?
The biggest push factor for Mexicans in 1910
What is The Mexican Revolution?
The reason most Immigrants came to the United States.(Push Factor)
What is because life was hard or dangerous in their homeland?
One of the requirements for an immigrant to apply for U.S. citizenship?"
What is The immigrant must be able to speak, read, and write basic English?
The main purpose of Ellis Island when it was first opened?
What is To process and inspect immigrants arriving in the U.S?
Preconceived opinions or feelings, often negative, formed without adequate knowledge or consideration
What is Prejudice?
The major reason for Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?
What is the California Gold Rush?
The test that immigrants must pass to become U.S. citizens?"
What is The naturalization test (or civics test)?
The number of immigrants that are estimated to have passed through Ellis Island during its peak years of operation from 1892 to 1954?"
What is about 12 million?
The two most common jobs for Chinese Immigrants
What is railroad and agriculture work?
The continent that most people immigrated from in the late 1800s and early 1900s
What Is Europe?
The percent of Immigrants who failed the Citizenship test
What is 89.5%
(90% will also be correct)
The name of the first medical inspection process that immigrants underwent upon arriving at Ellis Island?"
What is the "six second" exam?
The Angel Island Immigration Station
What is a station in which purpose is to serve as a major point of entry and processing center for immigrants arriving in the United States
The place where medical inspections and legal interviews were conducted
What is New York Harbor?
The amount of years an immigrant live in the U.S. before they can apply for citizenship?"
What is 5 years?
The year Ellis Island officially open as an immigration processing station?
What is 1892?
The number of people who passed through Angel Island
What is 300,000 to one million.
The What class of passengers on transatlantic ships during the 1800s often faced the worst conditions, including overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and limited food?
What is Steerage?
The legal term for someone who is not a U.S. citizen but is allowed to live and work in the U.S. permanently?
What is Permanent resident (or green card holder)?