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    The document is an American immigration scavenger hunt that provides information about key events and figures in American immigration history. It includes questions about the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus' poem, the naturalization process, top countries of origin for immigrants to the US, reasons for immigration such as religious freedom or economic opportunity, the Irish potato famine, child labor in the textile mills, immigration trends over time including peaks in the late 19th/early 20th century, processing at Ellis and Angel Islands, Vietnamese boat people after the 1975 fall of Saigon, and a sample citizenship test.

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    The document is an American immigration scavenger hunt that provides information about key events and figures in American immigration history. It includes questions about the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus' poem, the naturalization process, top countries of origin for immigrants to the US, reasons for immigration such as religious freedom or economic opportunity, the Irish potato famine, child labor in the textile mills, immigration trends over time including peaks in the late 19th/early 20th century, processing at Ellis and Angel Islands, Vietnamese boat people after the 1975 fall of Saigon, and a sample citizenship test.

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    American Immigration Scavenger Hunt

    1. Welcome to America

    ________________Take a photo tour of The Statue of Liberty! See all 5 pages! Lady
    Liberty was once an immigrant herself! In what year did she arrive in the United
    States from France?

    2. Give Me Your Tired

    ________________Emma Lazarus' sonnet, "The New Colossus" is inscribed at the


    Statue of Liberty's base. Finish this famous line from her poem: "Give me your tired,
    your _?_. "

    3. Becoming a Citizen

    ________________The process by which people from foreign countries become U.S.


    citizens is called naturalization. How old must a person be in order to become a U.S.
    citizen?

    4. United States Immigrants

    ________________According to the chart, what are the top 4 countries of origin for
    the immigrants coming to the United States?

    5. Immigrants Meet Natives

    ________________Among the first immigrants to New England were the Pilgrims.


    What tribe of Native Americans lived in the Plymouth area when the Pilgrims
    arrived?

    6. Why Immigrate?

    ________________From 1607 - 1830, immigrants had many possible reasons for


    wanting to come to America. Name one of the 7 reasons listed here.

    7. Unwilling Arrivals

    ________________One group of immigrants which came to America unwillingly was


    African slaves. Of the 10 million brought to the New World, what % came to North
    America?
    8. Tragedy in Ireland

    ________________Pull factors” pulled immigrants to America. “Push factors”


    pushed them out of their original home countries. Can you fill in this push-pull chart
    correctly? Show me when you finish so I can initial your paper.

    9 . Boston's Irish

    ________________Here's a Boston monument to Irish immigrants. What terrible


    event in Ireland caused so many of its people to emigrate to America?

    10. Push & Pull Factors

    "Push" factors forced immigrants to leave their native lands. "Pull" factors encouraged
    them to settle in America. Name one "push" and one "pull" factor.

    Push-
    __________________________________________________________________

    Pull-
    ___________________________________________________________________

    11. Lowell Mills

    ________________Many immigrants came to America for jobs. Some young women


    ended up at work in the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. What nickname were
    they given?

    12. Child Labor

    ________________Many immigrant children went to work in the textile mills of


    Rhode Island, such as Slater's Mill. By 1830, what percentage of Rhode Island's mill
    workers were kids?

    13. Immigration Trends

    ________________(See bottom bar graph) From 1820 to 1980 (black bars only), what
    ten-year period saw the greatest number of immigrants entering the USA?
    14. East Coast Arrivals

    ________________From 1892 to 1954, 12 million immigrants entered the USA


    through Ellis Island. What percentage of Americans have an ancestor who came
    through Ellis Island?

    15. Healthy Immigrants?

    ________________Upon their arrival at Ellis Island, immigrants had to undergo


    several "tests" before they were allowed to stay in America. What types of
    test/examinations were performed during the 6 th and 7th stop?

    16. West Coast Arrivals

    ________________(Scroll through photo gallery) Angel Island was sometimes called


    the "Ellis Island of the West." People from which continent made up most of those
    processed there?

    17. Immigrant Poetry

    ________________Click and read a few of these poems written by Chinese


    immigrants being detained at Angel Island. Write the number of the poem you like
    best.

    18. Early Photos

    ________________Scroll through these immigration photos (click to enlarge). Which


    photograph do you find most interesting? Write down its title (printed at top of each
    photo).

    19. Caribbean Refugees

    ________________Some immigrants arrive in America as refugees. Cubans refugees


    are traditionally given the right to stay in the U.S. What other group was demanding
    the same right in 1980?

    20. Vietnamese Refugees

    ________________What major event caused many Vietnamese to immigrate to the


    United States after 1975?
    21. Charting Immigration

    ________________Here's a chart showing the history of U.S. immigration. In what


    year did immigration numbers reach their all-time high?

    28. Could You Pass?

    ________________Here are some sample questions from the U.S. Citizenship Test.
    How many of the first 10 can you answer correctly? Show me your results when you
    are done.

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