Immigration Flashcard

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What is an immigrant?

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A person who leaves one country to settle in another.

Front

What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize or stand for?

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Freedom

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Trachoma is:

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a highly contagious eye infection that could cause blindness.

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Which of the following could be a reason why people immigrated to the United States in the past? They did not have enough money to take care of their family in their own country. They could not practice their religion freely where they came from.

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both a and b

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The belly (bottom) of the ship where many people stayed during the long journey to America.

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Steerage

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After arriving at Ellis Island, immigrants had to go through these to show that they were healthy.

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Health Tests

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A way of displaying events in chronological order.

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Timeline

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The place where mostly Asian immigrants entered the United States.

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Angel Island

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The place where more than 11 million immigrants, mainly from Europe, entered the United States.

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Ellis Island

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Some people had this as they traveled across the ocean to the U.S.

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Seasickness