Immigration - Coming to America

Something that attracts people to a place or activity

• push factor

• pull factor

During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being

• Loyal to the United Kingdom

• Jewish

• Roman Catholics

• Loyal to King George

Something that causes someone to leave a place or situation

• push factor

• pull factor

What does this image represent?

• Angel Island

• Statue of Liberty

• Steamship

• Ellis Island

What does this image represent?

• Deportation

• Medical Inspection

• Legal Inspection

• Hospitalization

What motivated many immigrants to come to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Choose the best answer.

• The hope of becoming sharecroppers in the south

• The desire for better social and economic opportunities

• The fair treatment and short work hours in American factories

• The lack of discrimination in the United States

What was one factor that led to the creation on large ethnic neighborhoods in most American cities in the early 1900s? (China Town, Little Italy)

• Immigrants were assigned housing by the federal government that worked to create ethnic neighborhoods

• Immigrants felt more comfortable living with or around people of the same ethnicity

• Immigrants could not afford to live in the cities so they were forced to live in the countryside

• Immigrants were not able to live anywhere except neighborhoods that were assigned to them

Which group of immigrants came to America because many people died because of a potato famine?

• German

• Irish

• English

Where is Angel Island located?

• Washington State

• California

• Nevada

An immigrant coming to Ellis Island in 1900 would have most likely seen ____________

• The Grand Canyon

• The White House

• The Statue of Liberty