Immigration Vocab

In general, why did most people immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th Century?

• Escape difficult conditions

• religious persecution

• A better life

• all of the above

An immigrant is

• A person who leaves a new country

• A person who is discriminated against

• A native

• A person who comes to live in a foreign country

The name of the place where all immigrants coming to America had to enter through before becoming citizens

• Boarder Patrol

• Ellis Island

• California

• Ship Island

What state was Ellis Island located in?

• Virginia

• California

• Washington

• New York

Someone who is related to a person or a group of people who lived in the past:

• descendant

• discrimination

• emigration

• immigration

• nativism

Identify the ocean that is highlighted in the picture

• Atlantic

• Pacific

How did European immigrants travel to America?

• train
• plane
• boat
• walk

How did the immigrants communicate (before learning English)?

• They use their phones

• They had a dictionary

• Interpreters helped them.

Where is Ellis Island located?

• Pacific Ocean

• Florida

• New York City Harbor

• Washington D.C.

About how many immigrants passed through Ellis Island?

• 30 million
• 12 million
• 8 million
• 16 million