Week 6: Ellis Island

Chef Boyardee is the nickname for a real Italian Chef who passed through Ellis Island. What was his real name?

When passengers arrived in the U.S. they were given a name tag with their manifest number. This was a record of what?

• Departure date

• Ship and arrival date

• Arrival date and time

• Ship name

An _______ is a person who moves to another country to live permanently.

Many immigrants came to America hoping to escape from _____.

Who was Sadie Frowne?

• A Polish Immigrant from Poland.

• A German Immigrant from Ireland.

• A Jewish Immigrant from Poland.

• A Jewish Immigrant from Germany.

During 1910 and 1940, hundreds of thousands of immigrants landed at Angel Island, California. Where were these immigrants from?

• Russia

• Australia

• Asia

• Mexico

• All of the above

Where did most of the immigrants who came to the U.S. in the early 1900s find work?

What did The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

Immigrants brought a diverse array of _______, foods, and music to the United States.

Li Ken Wong is an Asian American who came to California from China. What is the title of the book that she wrote?