Domain 10 - Journeys to America - Pausing Point

Pull factors are

• the reasons that draw people towards something else.

• the reasons that drive people away from something.

Push factors are

• the reasons that draw people toward something else.

• the reasons that drive people away from something.

Identify the pull factors

(more than one correct answer)

• Marie's parents and others found jobs in America.

• Lars and Karin could own land in America so they could farm.

• People are hungry due to the potato blight in Ireland

• Charles Steinmetz was afraid to speak about his ideas in Germany.

• Chinese immigrants hoped for gold and wealth in America.

Identify the push factors

(more than one correct answer)

• Marie's parents and otyhers found jobs in America

• People were hungry due to the potato blight in Ireland.

• Charles Steinmetz was afraid to speak about his ideas in Germany.

• The Pilgrims were not free to practice their religion in their own way in England.

• Chinese immigrants hoped for gold and wealth in America

What were the names of the two immigration centers?

(more than one correct answer)

• Ellis Island

• Queen Island

• Ireland

• Angel Island

Immigrants from _________ passed through Ellis Island.

• Europe

• China

Immigrants from ________ passed through Angel Island.

• Europe

• China

Ellis Island located near ________

• New York

• San Francisco

• California

• Texas

Angel Island located near_____

• Texas

• New York

• San Francisco

• Hawaii

Where did many new immigrants live?

• Big cities

• Countryside