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Immigration Jeopardy Answer Key

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Definitions
#1 A person who comes to a new country to settle there: Immigrant
#2 The section of a ship with the worst accommodations for passengers paying the lowest fare: Steerage
#3 A person who moves from one part of the country to settle in another part: Migrant
#4 A possession handed down through generations: Heirloom
#5 A person who leaves one country to settle in another: Emigrant
Places and Things
#1 These ships replaced sailing ships, and significantly reduced the amount of time it took to cross the ocean: Steamships
#2 In 1892, this island became the point of entry into New York for most European immigrants: Ellis Island
#3 This symbol of American freedom was a git from France, and has the poem 'The New Colossus' marked on its pedestal: The Statue of Liberty
#4 Immigrants crossing the Pacific from Asia were more likely to be processed on this island in the San Francisco Bay: Angel Island
#5 Originally built as a fort, over 8 million immigrants were processed here before Ellis Island was built: Castle Garden
Push Pull Factors
#1 This famine killed one and one-half million Irish between 1845 and 1848: Potato Famine
#2 This event, which began at Sutter's Mill in 1848, pulled many Chinese Immigrants to America: The Great American Gold Rush
#3 These three words describe the main reason why people immigrate to America to this day: A Better Life
#4 Between 1880 and 1910, one third of all European Jews immigrated to America because of this type of persecution at home: Religious Persecution
#5 Many Polish Immigrants were pushed to America because they strongly disagreed with their government's policies and actions. This type of disagreement is known as: Political Dissent
Here in New York
#1 An often overcrowded apartment house where many immigrants lived: Tenement
#2 A place where people work long hours for low pay and under poor conditions: Sweatshop
#3 A building in which things are made by machines: Factory
#4 Paid by the piece of work done: Piecework
#5 Another word for a piece of clothing: Garment
Miscellaneous Third Grade Immigration History
#1 This recording artist's song 'America' suggested that immigrants had great hopes for a better life in America: Neil Diamond
#2 Soon after a fire broke out at this location in 1911, laws were passed to make factory buildings safer: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
#3 'I lift my lamp beside the golden door!' is the last line of this famous poem written by Emma Lazarus: 'The New Colossus'
#4 Ellis Island was given this nickname because of all those who wept inside it: The Isle of Tears
#5 From 1882 until 1943, this 'Act' made it illegal for Chinese people to immigrate to the United States: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Final Question
Whether you passed all the examinations or were detained, you went down this passageway at the end of the Great Hall on Ellis Island: The Staircase of Separation