Lesson 4: From Ireland to New York City

Open Ended

Why did immigrants choose to settle in the big cities?

Multiple Choice

What major push factor occurred in Ireland in 1845 and caused many Irish people to immigrate to the United States?

• Their potato crop suddenly died

• War

• A giant flood

• They were sad

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to emmigrate?

• To travel on a short vacation

• To leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
• To stay in one's own country

• To move to a different city

Open Ended

Why was the United States called the Land of Opportunity?