Immigration

Where did a lot of people immigrate from in the early 1900s?

• Many people emigrated from United Kingdom. They came from different places in United Kingdom for many different reasons. Many people also came from Asia.
• Many people emigrated from Europe. They came from different places in Europe for many different reasons. Many people also came from Asia.
• Many people emigrated from China. They came from different places in China for many different reasons. Many people also came from Asia.

a person that moves from one country to another country.

• Migration
• Immigrant
• Religious Persecution

When people are discriminated against or killed because of their religion.

• Famine
• Religious Persecution
• Immigrant

Where was the first place that many immigrants came to in America?

• Panama Canal
• Ellis Island
• Georgia

Tenement housing was housing that was found in big cities at the start of the 1900s. People were cramped into small apartments. The apartments were often really dirty, and it was a place where many poor immigrants lived when they came to America

• True
• False

The living conditions for many immigrants coming to America were horrible because they were poor. Many times they lived in unsafe houses with a lot of people crammed into one place. They could not afford to live in better places.

• True
• False

Ellis Island was an exciting yet scary place for many immigrants. For one thing, they feared being sent back to the countries that they just left. If doctors at Ellis Island noticed that an immigrant was sick, they may send them back, so not have diseases spread to the U.S. Also, if immigrants did not have enough money, they were sometimes sent back as well. Finally, communicating with government officials at Ellis Island was very challenging for immigrants because they often times did not speak English.

• True
• False

Ships built by President Roosevelt. These ships were used to show off America’s power!

• Great White Fleet
• Great White Ship
• Great White Cruiser

was the 27^th President of the United States 1901- 1909. He continued to expand America’s power. He was the president when America built the Panama Canal.

• President William McKinley
• President George Washington
• President Theodore Roosevelt

A war that took place in 1898. It was between Spain and America. The war was fought in Spanish colonies (places that Spain owned) such as Cuba, the Philippines, and Guam. America won the war in only 10 months. The U.S. took control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and gave Cuba their independence (freedom).

• Spanish American War
• World War I
• World War II