Immigration

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

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

The first stop for immigrants from China.

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

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The Statue of Liberty represented all of these EXCEPT what to immigrants?

• Freedom
• Excitement for a new life
• Opportunity to be successful
• Fear for a worse life

Immigrants were checked for dangerous diseases because...

• They didn't want them to bring them into the US
• They were discriminating against immigrants
• They had prejudice and did it just to be mean

Immigration push factors are…

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

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 Immigration  pull factors are…

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

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CCSS.L.3.4D

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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

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9