Important Landmarks
Name one of the important landmarks.
Possible answers: Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge, Ellis Island immigration station or Angel Island immigration station.
What was the financial crisis that happened in Europe and part of the United States in 1873?
The Panic of 1873.
When did the Angel Island immigration station serve as the main immigration facility on the West Coast?
From 1910 to 1940.
What continent was Ellis Island primarily for?
European immigrants.
What is the name that Castle Garden now has?
The name that castle Garden now has is Castle Clinton.
What were the two religions that protested in the Great Awakening?
Judaism and Catholicism.
When was the first Federal immigration station built?
The First Federal immigration station was built in 1892.
When did Ellis Island become part of the National Park System?
In 1965.
What was the main building on Ellis Island that was used for immigrant processing?
The main building on Ellis Island that was used for immigrant processing was Castle Garden.
What thing did most people distrust in the panic of 1873?
Banks.
When was the first immigrant process in the new immigration station on Ellis Island?
January 1st 1892.
When was the Chinese Exclusion Act established?
The Chinese Exclusion Act was established in 1882.
Why did the Statue of Liberty mean something to immigrants coming into Ellis Island?
Seeing the Statue of Liberty for immigrants heading to Ellis Island was a great sight because it meant they were nearing their destination.
What was the potato famine?
From 1845-1852 British troops stopped removing food and while enough food to sustain 18 million people was being removed from Ireland it's population reduced by around 4.5 million.
When was the immigration station on Angel Island built?
The first immigration station on Angel Island was completed on the 21st of January in 1910.
Who was the first immigrant to be processed at the new immigration station? Where was she from and who did she come with?
Anymore and her two brothers from Ireland were the first to be processed on the new immigration station on Ellis Island on January 1st 1892.
What building was used for immigrant processing during construction of the new immigration station?
The barge office in the battery of Manhattan was used for immigrant processing during the time of construction of the new immigration station on Ellis Island.
What was the religious prosecution that happened from 1800 to 1835
The Great Awakening
Between what years did Castle Garden receive 8 million immigrants and it was America's first wave of major immigration?
Between 1855 and 1890.
Why did many immigrants from China begin arriving in the United States?
In wake of the gold rush.