Immigration

Describe the voyage to America.

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

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

Immigrants had to pass a ___ inspection

• literature
• social studies
• health
• naturalization

Many Jews left Europe to avoid

• Natural disasters
• Religious persecution
• Loss of skilled jobs
• Loss of wages

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Washington, D.C.
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Baltimore

True or False:  Immigrants could be sent back to their home country once they arrived.

• True
• False

The Statue of Liberty stands for . . .

• freedom
• fun times
• joy

True or False:  Every immigrant who came through Ellis Island spoke English.

• true
• false

Immigrants faced this from native born Americans.  This means they were treated unfairly because of their race/ethnicity.

• diversity
• prejudice

What challenges did immigrants face in the US?

• They caught diseases
• Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
• Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
• Difficult to study for the citizenship test