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 |