Chapter 7 US History

Some immigrants sought to escape difficult conditions such as...

• Famine

• Land Shortage

• Persecution

• Natural Disaster

people who migrate temporarily to earn money and then go home...

• Flying immigrants

• Birds of passage

• Birds of freedom

• Temporary Migrants

About 300,000 Chinese arrived in the US in 1849 to find...

• jobs

• schooling

• housing

• gold

Chinese immigrants helped build the nations....

• Buildings

• Railroads

• Roads

• Computers

Many people left their homes because jobs were scarce and the US promised ________ to everyone

• Work

• Homes

• Land

• Money

Almost all immigrants traveled by

• Steamship

• Wooden ship

• Submarine

• Sailboat

The trip across the atlantic ocean from Europe took...

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

The trip across the Pacific ocean from Asia took...

• 1 week

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

many immigrants traveled by the cheapest accommodation

• Sailboat

• Railroad

• Steerage

• Plane

immigration station in New York

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island