Immigration And Immigrants

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    What are 4 reasons why immigrants left their home country?

    • To get a job and make money
    • To start a better life
    • To get away from their family
    • To get away from war
    • To steal from the rich
    • To practice their religion freely
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  • 2. 

    When immigrants moved into a ghetto what are some privileges (good things) that they now get to enjoy in America?  (CHOOSE 3)

    • Going to school to get an education

    • Robbing from the rich and giving to the poor

    • Voting for their government leaders

    • Planning on how to sneak other immigrants into America

    • Starting their own business

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Going to school to get an education
    A. Voting for their government leaders
    A. Starting their own business
  • 3. 

    The 'Great American Melting Pot' is the phrase (saying) that Americans used that showed all of the different countries coming together to live in one place, America. 

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 4. 

    Native Born Americans (those already living in the United States) welcomed with open arms the immigrants and wanted them to come to America.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 5. 

    Many immigrants were persecuted in their home countries and decided to leave for America.   What does the word PERSECUTED mean?

    • Given a disease

    • Robbed from

    • Beaten up

    • Treated badly

    Correct Answer
    A. Treated badly
  • 6. 

    Many immigrants left the country of ___________  because of a great famine when their main source of food, __________ got a disease and many people starved to death.

    • China tomatoes

    • France cows

    • Ireland potatoes

    • Sweden pigs

    Correct Answer
    A. Ireland potatoes
  • 7. 

    Some immigrants were NOT allowed into the country of America for 2 main reasons.  What are those 2 REASONS.

    • They had bad personal hygenie

    • They had very bad manners

    • They were criminals

    • They would not go to try and find a job

    • They had a very bad disease and could not be cured

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. They were criminals
    A. They had a very bad disease and could not be cured
  • 8. 

    What 2 islands did immigrants have to pass through in order to be allowed into the United States?

    • Oaks Island

    • Angel Island

    • Fairy Island

    • Ellis Island

    • Atlantic Island

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Angel Island
    A. Ellis Island
  • 9. 

    A _________________ is where people from the same _________________ would live together and work together in a neighborhood in America.

    • Town home families

    • City state cities

    • Ghetto countries

    Correct Answer
    A. Ghetto countries
  • 10. 

    What are 4 countries that immigrants traveled from in order to get to the new world?

    • China

    • Korea

    • Siberia

    • Ireland

    • England

    • Pakistan

    • Germany

    • Iraqi

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. China
    A. Ireland
    A. England
    A. Germany
  • 11. 

    People from the countries of _________________  and ____________ came to America to help build the Transcontinental Railroad.

    • Ireland

    • Sweden

    • Italy

    • China

    • Korea

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Ireland
    A. China
  • 12. 

    Many immigrants crossed the Pacific Ocean in order to make it to the New World.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    They crossed the Atlantic ocean.

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  • 13. 

    These were 2 men who were very successful immigrants  from Scotland who came to America,  they were _________________  who invented steel and ________________ who invented the telephone and phongraph.

    • Thomas Edison

    • Krull Warrior Princess

    • Alexander Graham Bell

    • James Monroe

    • Andrew Carnegie

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Thomas Edison
    A. Andrew Carnegie

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