Ellis Island
What was Ellis Island
An Immigration Station
were the people asked questions while in the detention center
Yes
Name a pull factor that brought people to Iowa
Refuge or freedom
What card do you need to stay in the U.S permanently
Green Card
What were the officers looking for when people passed
What did people have to go through to get into the state
A detention station
18th century
What is the age at which a person can apply for U.S. naturalization, assuming they meet all other requirements
18
When was the Immigration Station built
1892
This island in San Francisco Bay was known as the “Ellis Island of the West,” processing hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Asia, between 1910 and 1940.
Angel Island
In the early 2000s, this Central American group became one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in Iowa.
Mexicans
This term refers to the legal process by which a non-citizen becomes a citizen of a country.
naturalization
What was the place called where you were sent from being sick or having some kind of issue
Detention center.
What were some ways people managed to get in
Foraged documents and fake names
This Asian group began migrating to Iowa in the late 20th century, with a significant increase in the 1990s, particularly in the Des Moines area.
Vietnamese
A person born to foreign diplomats in the U.S. would not automatically receive this status, which is a requirement for citizenship.
U.S. citizenship by birth
How many questions were asked in the test
29
During their detention on Angel Island, many Chinese immigrants expressed their feelings through this form of art, which can still be seen carved into the barracks walls today.
poetry
This group of settlers, primarily from Germany, was one of the first major immigrant groups to arrive in Iowa in the 19th century, contributing to the state's agricultural growth.
Germans
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
the 14th Amendment