Unit 1 Week 1 Reading/Vocabulary

What happened as a result of an earthquake in 1906?

• Birth records were destroyed

• A new immigration station opened

• More immigrants could get jobs in California

• People moved to California from other states.

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

• It stopped Chinese immigrants from being U.S. citizens

• It stopped Chinese immigrants from working in the United States

• It stopped Chinese laborers from bringing their families to the United States

• It stopped Chinese merchants from bringing their families to the United States

What did Louie Share Kim do when he was 14?

• He taught himself to speak English

• He immigrated to the United States

• He joined the crew of a merchant ship

• He attended a boarding school in China

At Angel Island, officials interrogated Share Kim. What does interrogate mean?

• To give someone orders

• to ask someone questions

• to offer someone a choice

• to examine someone's papers

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.5.4A

Why was Share Kim called a “paper son”? A He knew how to read and write well. B He had been adopted by parents in China. C He earned paper money in the United States. D He was related to a U.S. citizen on paper only.

• He knew how to read and write well

• He had been adopted by parents in China

• He earned paper money

• He was related to a U.S. citizen on paper only

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

People who belong to a particular place.

• citizens

• immigration

• opportunity

• processing

• admitted

The act of moving to a new country to live there.

• citizens

• immigration

• opportunity

• processing

• admitted

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

An agreeable situation or chance.

• citizens

• immigration

• opportunity

• processing

• admitted

A series of steps in a legal action.

• citizens

• immigration

• opportunity

• processing

• admitted

Granted access to a place.

• citizens

• immigration

• opportunity

• processing

• admitted