G6 Ch1 Task

1 What does the statement, “The history of America is

immigration,” mean?

2 Who were the first European settlers in America, and where did

they settle?

3 What were the causes of the slowdown of immigration

from the 1770s to the 1820s?

4 With regard to the number of immigrants, what was the U.S.

population like right before the Civil War?

5 How did most Europeans make a living between 1750 and 1850?

6 What was the potato blight? What happened as a result?

7Why did people leave their home countries for America?

8 Why did immigrants choose to come to America and not go

somewhere else?

9 What was American fever?

10 What changed in transportation that made it easier to move

to America?