Immigration

Describe the voyage to America.

• Great food & lodging
• Crowded, diverse, smelly
• Quick, exciting, fun
• Entertaining, crowded, quick

What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?

• San Fransisco Bay
• Heaven Island
• Angel Island
• Asian Island

What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?

• Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
• Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
• Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Describe Immigrants from 1840-1885.

• Many could speak English - easier time blending into U.S.
• From Italy, Poland, Greece, China, & Japan
• Most could not speak English
• Most of them were elderly people

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life
• War or religious persecution
• Religious Freedom
• Religious Freedom

This immigration inspection site was located on the East Coast and opened in 1892.

• Angel Island
• The Statue of Liberty
• Ellis Island
• New York City

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

• They settled in warmer climates
• They settled near water
• They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
• They settled where immigrant officials sent them

Give example of immigrant pull factors?

• Overpopulation
• Political Persecution
• Abundance of Land & job opportunities
• War

What was the first thing immigrants saw when they arrived in the U.S.?

• Angel Island
• Statue of Liberty
• Empire State Building
• Central Park

Immigration push factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people begin working
• reasons people stop working