Ellis island
What is Ellis Island?
This U.S. immigration station opened in 1892 in New York Harbor.
What is California?
This immigration station was located in this U.S. state.
What is Germany?
Many early immigrants to Iowa came from this European country, famous for its beer and cheese.
What are the 50 states?
The number of stars on the U.S. flag represents this.
What is Europe?
Most immigrants coming through Ellis Island were from this continent.
What is Asia?
Angel Island mostly processed immigrants from this region.
What is farmland or agricultural jobs?
Immigrants often settled in Iowa for this reason.
What is naturalization?
One way to become a U.S. citizen if you were born in another country.
What is further medical inspection?
Immigrants were checked for diseases and sometimes marked with chalk for this.
What is weeks or even months?
Immigrants at Angel Island were often held for this long.
What are Germans?
The city of Davenport is known for a large population of this immigrant group.
What are U.S. history and government (civics)?
Naturalization applicants must pass a test on this.
What is the "Island of Tears"?
The nickname for Ellis Island due to its emotional moments for immigrants.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Many Chinese immigrants were detained due to this 1882 law
What is Mexico
Iowa saw new immigrants arrive in the 20th century from this Central American country.
What is voting in federal elections?
One of the rights of a U.S. citizen.
What is the Great Wave of Immigration?
Ellis Island was busiest during this major immigration wave, ending around 1924.
Some detained immigrants wrote these on the walls to express their feelings
What are poems?
Who are the Hmong or Vietnamese?
This group of refugees resettled in Iowa after the Vietnam War.
What is serving on a jury or obeying laws?
One of the responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.