| 
  • If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

Immigration: Top 10 Concepts

Page history last edited by andrew.bocchi@... 12 years, 11 months ago

 

 

The Top 10 Most Important Facts About Immigration

 


 

 

 

Top ten most important facts to remember about immigration as it related to America's history, geography, economy, and politics. 

  • The #1 reasons people immigrated to the United States in 1870-1920 were, disease in their country, new job/opportunity, fear of war in their country, freedom of religion.
                                                                                                                                                             
  • The #1 reasons people immigrate to the United States in 2011 are, to be with family, new jobs/opportunity, or as refugees . They have to pass 4 inspections before entering the United States, public health (they're healthy), immigration (papers are complete/paid for), agriculture (pets/plants healthy), and customs (check their bags). 
  • Ellis Island was the first stop and most used portal to America, serving over 40% of immigrants between 1892-1954. Here immigrants first saw the Statue of Liberty - a symbol of freedom and democracy. 

 

  • Immigrants of the past had to pass 3 exams at Ellis Island before entering America.

Medical exam: Ability to walk, checking your vision, contagious diseases, lice, typhus. Exams toko less than 5 minutes each. 

- Mental exam: Put together puzzles, drew diamonds. Much easier for educated people. 

- Legal exam: Asked about 30 questions in 2 minutes, what's your name, have you ever been to America before, do you have any relatives here, is there anyone who came to meet you at Ellis Island, who paid for your passage, do you have any money, do you have a job waiting for you here, do you have a criminal record?

 

  •  In 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States". 
  • In 1891 laws were created to slow immigration and stop people from entering who had contagious diseases.  
 
  • In 1986 the United States adopted the Citizenship test which all immigrants must pass to become a citizen.  If you do not apply for citizenship you are an illegal immigrant.
  • In 1870-1920 more than 20 million immigrants came to the United States from Europe, including Ireland, Germany, England, Italy, & Russia.
  • Today more than half of the immigrants come from Latin America, including Mexico, Caribbean, South America & Central America.
  •  As of 2006 the United States accepts more legal immigrants as permanent residents than all other Countries in the world combined. 

       

  Play fun and interactive games with your students to help them retain the facts! Practice, practice, practice! 

Memory, bingo, sparkle (start a fact and let the students continue or finish it), cut the facts into puzzle pieces and have them put the puzzle together! 

 


Go to:

 

Return to:

 

 Check Out Our Independent Projects:

Comments (1)

Ashlie Schulz said

at 9:02 pm on Apr 18, 2011

Which 10 do you think should stay? put a red ! by them.
Will you write a revised sentence below the one I did, or additions in red? Then we can combine to finalize! I'll check your revisions tomorrow night! Thanks Amanda

You don't have permission to comment on this page.