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History of Immigration
Common Locations
Modern Immigrants
Immigration Requirements
Issues with Immigration
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In 1607, the first English immigrants founded this town in Virginia as a permanent settlement.
What is Jamestown?
100
Since 1986, more than one fifth of all immigrants came from this Latin American country. It is the most common location from which immigrants come to the US.
What is Mexico?
100
Although not the official language, modern immigrants must know how to read, write, and speak this language in order to become a full citizen.
What is English?
100
This is the process of becoming a US Citizen.
What is naturalization?
100
This act, not yet passed in Congress, allows children of illegal immigration to take out federal loans in order to attend college, so long as they don't have a criminal record, have graduated high school, and have been here for 5 years.
What is the DREAM Act?
200
From 1861 to 1865, many new immigrants were tasked with fighting in this war, particularly for the Union Army.
What is the Civil War?
200
This Mediterranean country saw a great deal of political unrest during the 1800s. Immigrants from here introduced America to a new cultural cuisine, including various pastas and pizza.
What is Italy
200
Modern immigrants must know and understand US _____ and ______.
What is History and Government?
200
This is one of the requirements for becoming a US citizen, that the immigrant has no criminal history, that they are not a threat to the community, and that they demonstrate community standards.
What is Good Moral Character?
200
This is a program which allows non-citizens to come over to the US in order to work. The program is designed for individuals who are not seeking naturalization, but for non-citizen short-term employment.
What is a guest worker program?
300
This is the first common location for immigrants to be sent when first coming into New York City. Here, they were registered and given authorization to go into the city.
What is Ellis Island?
300
This country had a significant 2.8 million people leave after a devastating potato famine forced people to move elsewhere.
What is Ireland?
300
This agency is charged with processing immigrant visa petitions, naturalization petitions, and asylum and refugee applications.
What is USCIS?
300
The immigrant needs to obtain this before becoming a full resident and beginning the process to become a US citizen.
What is a Green Card?
300
This issue is made complicated by a lack of establishing a formal language and making interactions between citizens and non-citizens difficult.
What is language or communication?
400
This Scottish immigrant came over to the US as a boy and led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
This country, known for having the largest population, is the second most represented among American Immigrants. So many new workers came from here that Congress has excluded them from entering several times during the late 1800s.
What is China?
400
This is a factor that can make the process easier, with shorter tests and easier requirements.
What is Age?
400
The immigrant must be deemed to live permanently in the US and to be here physically at least half of the time.
What is Physical Presence?
400
This is a policy in which illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay in the US without penality or the threat of deportation.
What is Amnesty?
500
This act, passed in 1882, stated that there was a limited amount of immigrants of Chinese descent allowed into the United States for 10 years.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
500
Many immigrants from this country come in through the southeastern part of the US, particularly after the rise of a communist regime, starting in the 1950s.
What is Cuba?
500
This is a promise to support the US government and relinquish all responsibilities to foriegn governments. This is spoken at the end of the process.
What is Oath of Allegience?
500
This is the amount for how much the naturalization process costs for an applicant.
What is $675.
500
This act attempted to protect workers by establishing penalties for employers who hired illegal immigrants.
What is the Immigration Reform and Control Act?