TCI: Grade 3. Lesson 4: Settling in the United States

What are people who move to another country to live called?

• backpackers

• citizens

• immigrants

• tourists

One reason people move to the United States is to...

• find out more about European culture

• get away from problems in their country

• live in a country with stricter laws

• set up government that is ruled by a king

When families were starving in Ireland during the potato famine, many of them...

• fled to Africa

• cooked beef stew

• moved to America

• ate sprouts from France

In the 1800s, many people came to our country...

• for a chance at a better life

• to find treasure in Oklahoma

• visit the Colorado River

• with numbers of relatives

The trip that many immigrants make to the United States are often...

• easy

• fast

• hard

• simple

In the past, people from Asia and Europe came to America by...

• flying in small airplanes

• riding on trained horses

• sailing on crowded ships

• walking across borders

In the past, after immigrants arrived in the United States, they...

• had to give up their gold to stay

• mostly had to go back to their country

• traveled to the mountains to hunt

• were tested to see if they were healthy

After they arrived, immigrants had to show...

• how they were going to make a living

• proof that they were escaping problems

• what items they planned to send back home

• why they needed gold from California

Today, coming to America is hard, because...

• the process is very fast

• it can take many years

• the whole family comes

• it requires taking a test

Many immigrants from China...

• work as farmers

• cross the Atlantic Ocean

• move far away from each other

• settle in the same neighborhood