NAME: ____________________________ DATE: ____________
Class Work – Immigration to the US Movie
1. An immigrant is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
a person who lives in the United States.
a boat that carries people from one country to another.
someone who leaves one country and makes a new home in another.
a sailor who traveled to the New World with Christopher Columbus.
2. Why did many people immigrate to the United States from Ireland in the 1840s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They were being punished for their religious beliefs.
A company offered everyone free boat tickets.
They wanted to visit Ellis Island.
A disease had killed the potato crop in Ireland.
3. Why did Joseph Pulitzer ask people to donate money for the Statue of Liberty?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Because he wanted to pay Frederic Bartholdi for sculpting the statue.
Because the statue was in pieces and it needed to be put back together.
Because the statue needed to be shipped from France to the United States.
Because he wanted to have the statue cleaned.
4. Where did some immigrants go to get inspected by doctors before entering the
United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Statue of Liberty
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Bedloe's Island
5. Which of the following is NOT something immigrants need to do in order to
become U.S. citizens?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Visit the Statue of Liberty.
Learn about the American system of government.
Say the Pledge of Allegiance.
Swear to be a loyal citizen of the United States.