A new home in America lesson

A new home in America lesson

The promise of America

• People who from one country to settle in a different country are called immigrants

• Some of the first immigrants were people from Spain, France, and England

Multiple Choice

People who move from on country to settle in a different country are called immigrants

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What countries were some of the first immigrants from?

• Spain, France, and England

• Italy, France, and Switzerland

• Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria

• England, Scotland, and Ireland

The promise of America continued

• In the 1600s and 1700s, European immigrants sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to come to North America

• They brought with them skills and energy the country needed

• One European immigrant, John Roebling built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City

Multiple Choice

Most European immigrants sailed across the ____________ ocean.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Arctic

Multiple Choice

What did Immigrants bring to the United States in the 1800s?

• Skills and Energy the Country Needed

• Hate and Anger toward the United States

• They brought their ways of government which they wanted

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the immigrant that built the Brooklyn Bridge?

• Benjamin Franklin

• William Clark

• John Roebling

• Bill Clinton

Americans move west

• More immigrants came and cities became crowded

• People began looking for more land in the American frontier

Multiple Choice

A frontier is a region that forms the edge of a settled area

• True

• False

Americans move west continued

• The search for this land was very dangerous

• An explorer named Daniel Boone helped make this search for land easier

• The Cumberland Gap trail was used by American Indians for years

• It ran through the Cumberland Mountains

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the explorer that helped make the search for land easier?

• Daniel Boone

• Davy Crockett

• Sam Houston

Multiple Choice

The Cumberland Gap trail ran through which mountains?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Cumberland Mountains

Americans move west continued

• Daniel Boone and 28 other men worked to widen the Cumberland Gap trail and add new paths

• This new road was called the Wilderness Road

• Wagons could now travel through the mountains

• As a result, thousands of settlers and explorers traveled west, beyond the Appalachian Mountains

Multiple Choice

Once the Cumberland Gap trail became widened and new paths were added, it became known as the Wild West Road

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the result of the widening of the new Wilderness Road?

• Thousands of settlers and explorers traveled west

• Nothing changed because the settlers and explorers were lazy