Name______Class______Date______

DN #5- Immigration Imagine crossing the Atlantic and this statue is the first symbol of America you see… 1. ______is a universal Symbol of FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY.

2. What State is SHE located off the coast of? ______3. What city is SHE closest to? ______4. What island is SHE on?______**Immigrants entered the port on Ellis Island to be registered and Oct. 28, 1886 checked for disease.

Historical Immigrant Admission Data: 1821-2006 Use the chart to the left: th 5. During the 19 century (the 1800’s) when (what years) did most immigrants enter America? ______6. How many millions of immigrants arrived in that ______year? ______

7. In the dates shown, 1821-2006, when did the most

immigrants enter the US? ______

8. Until the 1970’s, the highest % of immigrants were

European, after 1970 where do you THINK the most

immigrants arrive from? ______

9. How many million’s of immigrants came in the

1980’s? ______

10. Immigrants from this 11. Immigrants from this side of the world were side of the world were coming from ______and coming from ______and coming to Angel Island in coming to Ellis Island in New California to check in. York to check in.

12. Immigrants from “South of the Border” are coming from______

Famous Immigrants in America

Actors Anna Kournikova Moscow, Russia. Sammy Sosa, Baseball Dominican Republic Name Country of Origin Naomi Campbell England, UK , Jamaica Arnold Schwarzenegger Austria Bono Dublin, Ireland , Basketball Nigeria Colin Farrell Ireland Artists Martina Navratilova, Tennis Czech Rep Salma Hayek Mexico Akon Senegal Ming, Basketball Charlize Theron South Africa Gloria Estefan Cuba Business Jean-Claude Van-Dam Brussels, Belgium Carlos Santana Mexico Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google Russia Neil Young Canada Jerry Yang, Co-founder of Yahoo Simon Cowell England, UK Robyn Rihanna Fenty Barbados Eva Longoria Parents from Mexico Albert Einstein Ulm, Germany Iman Somalia Athletes Michael J. Fox Canada David Beckham, Soccer England, UK

Some practice test questions… Are you getting any of these right this year?

1. According to the illustration above, where were most immigrants coming to the US from? a. Asia b. Europe c. Mexico d. Canada

Discrimination Shortage of land

Religious persecution Imprisonment

Language barriers foreign culture

2. The list of terms above has what in common? a. constructive things immigrants obtain coming to America b. issues Native Americans face c. problems Americans face d. causes and effects of immigration