Studies Weekly Week 20

An important food source for the Irish immigrants was _______.

• potatoes

• tomatoes

• corn

From 1845 to 1849, nearly all of the crops were killed by mold. This caused a _______ which led many people to leave their homes and move to the United States.

• family

• famine

• drought

The immigrants faced poverty and ________, leading many of them to move west in search of new land.

• bigotry

• innocence

• biome

Match the section of New York City to its correct description.

Seneca Village

• community for African American settlers

• land used to build a park and environmental area

• area where factories are located

Match the section of New York City to its correct description.

Industrial District

• community for African American settlers

• land used to build a park and environmental area

• area where factories are located

Match the section of New York City to its correct description.

Central Park

• community for African American settlers

• land used to build a park and environmental area

• area where factories are located

bigotry

• a person who comes to live in a new country from a foreign country

• intolerance of someone because they are different from you

• the division of the United States into the North, South and West

• a person who is the legal property of another person

sectionalism

• a person who comes to live in a new country from a foreign country

• intolerance of someone because they are different from you

• the division of the United States into the North, South and West

• a person who is the legal property of another person

immigrant

• a person who comes to live in a new country from a foreign country

• intolerance of someone because they are different from you

• the division of the United States into the North, South and West

• a person who is the legal property of another person

slave

• a person who comes to live in a new country from a foreign country

• intolerance of someone because they are different from you

• the division of the United States into the North, South and West

• a person who is the legal property of another person