The Reason Most Immigrants Come To America?

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    What is an immigrant?

    • A person who travels in their own country.
    • A person living in a refugee camp.
    • A person who migrates out of their country to another country to live/stay there; is called an "alien."
    • A news reporter who goes and reports things about other countries problems/ outstanding occurrences.
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  • 2. 

    Why most immigrants come to America?

    • To steal jobs from Americans

    • Because it's the best option for them and is known as the "land of the free," also because they can support themselves and their families back home, even if they regret coming to America, there are more opportunities.

    • To get lots of money

    • So they can make a living for them and family and because they want to come to America because it's a better life style.

    Correct Answer
    A. Because it's the best option for them and is known as the "land of the free," also because they can support themselves and their families back home, even if they regret coming to America, there are more opportunities.
    Explanation
    Although the last answer seems correct not many immigrants choose to come here, showed in this website:http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/AudioDetailsPage/AudioDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Audio&limiter=&u=mlin_m_wil&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA209419108

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    Is[Most of the immigrants in the past have come to the U.S by boat to Ellis Island paying all their money just to get to a better life style and to get families to America too]True/False 

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    True, since back then about 2 million or more immigrants from western continents have come through ellis Island from it's huge immigration station, and the Americans thought that detained immigrants wouldn't be able to get to escape into America so easily.

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    What is Ellis Island Famous for?

    • It's famous for being the biggest Island in the Eastern Coast.

    • It's famous for the immigration station being burned and then rebuilt.

    • It's famous for helping Famous immigrants come into America to make America entertaining.

    • It's famous for an immigration Station which helped many immigrants register into America.

    Correct Answer
    A. It's famous for an immigration Station which helped many immigrants register into America.
    Explanation
    Both the first and third responses are false, and even if the second answer was correct about the Immigrant building being burnt it is best known for all the immigrants who came to America through that island. To better know this information the book Ellis Island by Melissa McDaniel it gives a better view on this information like how "During the 1800s, the number of immigrants arriving in the United States soared."

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  • 5. 

    How do immigrants come into America?

    • Ship,automobile

    • Airplane,ship

    • Crossing the border,ship

    • All of the above

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the above
    Explanation
    There are many reasons into coming america, but the essentials are coming by ship,car,airplane,and crossing the border, so all of the above would be correct.

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  • 6. 

    What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

    • How Chinese people can't enter into America through Angel Island or other ways.

    • Chinese aren't able to have important jobs in the U.S.

    • Chinese are prohibited from coming into Angel Island.

    • People from China are excluded from any school programs

    Correct Answer
    A. How Chinese people can't enter into America through Angel Island or other ways.
    Explanation
    The Answer is the first answer or A because, in 1882 the Americans thought that there was a great income of people from China who were taking many American jobs and they saw it as a threat. It was later denied and more came in.To get better information you can go to this link: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asian_american_and_pacific_islander_heritage/US-Immigration-Station-Angel-Island.htm

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    Do the immigrants help the economy?Why?

    • No, they hurt are society by stealing American jobs, making more people who are jobless.

    • Yes,because they fight for are country and take the labor work.

    • Yes, because they make more job application for other people, and they have important jobs that help people daily

    • No, they make gangs and put Americans in danger.

    Correct Answer
    A. Yes, because they make more job application for other people, and they have important jobs that help people daily
    Explanation
    the third response is correct because they start off here taking the hard jobs people don't normally want and they excel taking better jobs like doctors who help us. This link can help:http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/AudioDetailsPage/AudioDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Audio&limiter=&u=mlin_m_wil&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA209419108

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    Why did most Africans migrate to the U.S?

    • Because the life in Africa was too dangerous and they wanted to be secure from crisis, and poverty problems.

    • Because other Africans sold them into slavery to the Americans and they made it to America where they were sold into slavery.

    • To live a new and better experience from home

    • To capture more territory,.

    Correct Answer
    A. Because other Africans sold them into slavery to the Americans and they made it to America where they were sold into slavery.
    Explanation
    The second answer is correct, because when African kingdoms captured Africans as slaves they traded or sold them to other buyers from different countries in Europe who sailed there,because they work better than Native slaves,and they were then introduced to America. Link to support text: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery

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  • 9. 

    Who are immigrants in America?

    • Latin Americans

    • Everyone who visits America

    • Everyone except Native Americans

    • Everyone born in another country

    Correct Answer
    A. Everyone except Native Americans
    Explanation
    Native Americans are the only people who are not immigrants in America, because there ancestors lived there while any other person can see that their family line might have came from Ellis Island, or they were from another country. pilgrims settled in America as immigrants too.

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  • 10. 

    Is[People with crisis happening in their own countries who come to America for safety ]True/False

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    They are known as refugee's,because they don't come into the U.S for a better life, but to not get involved in dangerous situations, like ISIS in the middle east.

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