The Immigrant Contribution

Who said, "Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants WERE American history."

• John F. Kennedy

• Oscar Handlin

• Albert Einstein

• Beyonce

Who is the author of "The Immigrant Contribution"?

• John F. Kennedy

• Oscar Handlin

• Albert Einstein

• Mrs. Kurtz

What are the people who are the offspring of an ancestor called?

• supporter

• cousins

• immigrants

• descendants

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Even the Indians migrated to the American continent.

• true

• false

What word refers to the descendants of a particular individual or ethnic group; family or lineage?

• naturalization

• minority

• stock

• creditor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What were the two great hopes of people who migrated to the United States? Mark both answers.

• personal freedom

• economic opportunity

• judicial system

• school system

Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, _____________ were of non-English stock.

• 8%

• 180%

• 29%

• 18%

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

Who wrote, "if you wish to be really happy and independent, then come here." Here refers to the United States.

• A German farmer

• Andrew Carnegie

• David Sarnoff

• Obama

This word means the acts of plundering or robbery.

• depredations

• factions

• universal suffrage

• Alexis

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Perhaps the most pervasive influence of immigration is to be found in the innumerable details of life and the customs and habits brought by millions of people who never became famous.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2