The Immigrant Experience NAME______

Directions: Please answer each question for each station as your group reads each selection. After you write your answers, please discuss the question posed for each. (33 points)

Station #1- The Immigrant Experience

1. How many people were processed at Ellis Island per day?(3 points)

2. Why did people, so often, choose the United States as their new home?(3 points)

3. What are some reasons that people left their European countries?(3 points)

4. For Discussion: Why did men usually come first to the U.S. and later send for their families?

Station #2- Passage across the Atlantic

1. Describe the conditions that most immigrants faced when traveling across the Atlantic.(3 points)

2. In the 1890’s, how much time did it take to cross the Atlantic from Europe?(3 points)

3. For discussion: Who was responsible for the poor conditions on the ships? How could they have been improved?

Station #3- The inspection Process

1. What were some diseases that would cause an immigrant to be excluded?(3 points)

2. How many people died at Ellis Island?(3 points)

3. For discussion : What would be a better way to handle the inspection of so many immigrants?

Station #4- The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

1. What other name does Lazarus refer to the Statue of Liberty as?(3 points)

2. What is the Golden Door? (3 points)

3. For Discussion : What things did the Statue of Liberty symbolize to immigrants entering America?

Station #5- Opposition to Immigration Please read pgs. 213- 214 in your textbook to answer the following.

1. What was one group that opposed immigration in the U.S. in the later 1800’s?(3 points)

2. What was a group that supported immigration? (3 points)

3. Give one example of legislation that limited immigration. (2 points)

4. For Discussion : Do we see NATIVIST views today?