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Vocabulary
True or False
Ellis Island
Before arriving in the U.S.
Life after Ellis Island
100
This is a small, metal hook used for checking the eye for Trachoma
buttonhook
100
T or F: Most immigrants came from Australia and Europe
False: Asia and Europe
100
The nickname for Ellis Island was Isle of _____________
Hope
100
List 2 continents that immigrants traveled from in the 1900s?
Possible answers: Europe, Asia, Africa, South America
100
What did people do at the Kissing Post?
The Kissing Post is where family would meet and greet the newly arrived immigrants.
200
This is an island in San Francisco Bay and a former immigration examination station.
Angel Island
200
T or F: Immigrants from Europe checked in at Ellis Island
True
200
What happened to immigrants who did NOT pass inspections?
They were sent back home
200
Approximately how many immigrants came to the US between 1900-1910?
Approx. 9,000,000
200
What did they call the housing many immigrants lived in when they first came to the US?
Tenement housing
300
Also known as the immigrants' disease, this is a contagious inflammation of the eye causing scarring and blindness.
Trachoma
300
T or F: The ship captain kept a manifest for each passenger and their belongings.
True
300
Why did doctors stand on the second floor and watch people as they came in?
Watch for disease, illness, sickness
300
Give 2 reasons why someone chose to immigrate to the United States in the 1900s?
Possible answers: war, violence, more opportunities, education, famine, meet up with family, American dream
300
Give one reason why immigrants moved to neighborhoods that matched their culture?
Possible answers: level of comfort, wanting to be near what they are used to, be close to family, support
400
The bottom part of the ship reserved for poor passengers
Steerage
400
T or F: If you were rich, you traveled in the steerage section of the ship.
False: the rich traveled in the first class section
400
Give two symbols that were used to give people after a medical check?
Possible answers: X, B, C, CTE, Pg, L, N, H, K
400
What symbol did immigrants look for when they arrived in the United States for the first time?
The Statue of Liberty
500
A person who leaves his country is also known as an
emigrant
500
T or F: Angel Island is located in San Francisco, California
True
500
What was the name of the Hall immigrants went to for legal and medical examinations?
The Great Hall
500
Which crop was diseased during the Great Famine in Poland?
Potatoes
500
Describe the American Dream in your own words.
Answers should include: a way to get rich no matter who you are, getting a good job and making money despite your background