7th Grade Jeopardy Misc. Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Old Immigrants New Immigrants Misc. Today’s Immigrants Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500

$100 Question from “Old Immigrants” What years were the “old immigrants” coming here?

$100 Answer from “Old Immigrants” 1800-1880

$200 Question from “Old Immigrants” Where did they come from?

$200 Answer from “Old Immigrants” Northern and Western Europe England Scotland Scandinavia Germany France Ireland

$300 Question from “Old Immigrants” What did they look like?

$300 Answer from “Old Immigrants” Light skin, eyes and hair. They had an easy time blending in.

$400 Question from “Old Immigrants” What was their description?

$400 Answer from “Old Immigrants” Protestant Asians Involuntary immigrants-slaves

$500 Question from “Old Immigrants” What were their reasons for coming here?

$500 Answer from “Old Immigrants” Economic opportunities Land Potato famine Gold rush

$100 Question from “New Immigrants” What years did they come here?

$100 Answer from “New Immigrants” 1880-1950

$200 Question from “New Immigrants” Where did they come from?

$200 Answer from “New Immigrants” Southern and Eastern Europe Italy Greece Russia Poland Yugoslavia Turkey Romania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia

$300 Question from “New Immigrants” What were their physical characteristics?

$300 Answer from “New Immigrants” Darker Skin, eyes and hair They had a hard time blending in.

$400 Question from “New Immigrants” What was their description?

$400 Answer from “New Immigrants” Poor Unskilled Uneducated Settled in big cities along the East coast of the U.S. Took lowest jobs Catholic Jewish No English

$500 Question from “New Immigrants” What were the reasons?

$500 Answer from “New Immigrants” Religious persecution Poverty Economic Opportunities War

$100 Question from “Today’s Immigrants” When did they come over?

$100 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants” 1950-Present

$200 Question from “Today’s Immigrants” Where did they come from?

$200 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants” Latin America (Central and South America) Mexico Nicaragua El Salvador Costa Rica Guatemala Haiti Cuba Dominican REpublic

$300 Question from “Today’s Immigrants” What were their physical characteristics?

$300 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants” Darker skin, eyes and hair Had a hard time fitting in.

$400 Question from “Today’s Immigrants” What was their description?

$400 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants” Different religions Poor and wealthy Unskilled and skilled Successful business owners Difficult time blending in.

$500 Question from “Today’s Immigrants” What was the reason they came?

$500 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants” War Communism Poverty overpopulation

Who were the involuntary immigrants? Why did they come to America? $100 Question from Misc. Who were the involuntary immigrants? Why did they come to America?

They were captured and brought to the U.S to work on plantations $100 Answer from Misc. Slaves- Africans They were captured and brought to the U.S to work on plantations and to work for wealthy families.

How did immigrants travel to the United states? $200 Question from Misc. How did immigrants travel to the United states? What were the conditions?

Narrow straw mattresses $200 Answer from Misc. By steerage on boat. Overcrowded Poor ventilation Poor food Seasickness Filth Disease Narrow straw mattresses Crying children Foul odors

Why were the Americans prejudice towards immigrants? $300 Question from Misc. Why were the Americans prejudice towards immigrants?

$300 Answer from Misc. Why did the “Old” immigrants settle in the Midwest? Where did most “New immigrants settle?

Explain the problems immigrants faced. $400 Question from Misc. Explain the problems immigrants faced.

$400 Answer from Misc. Poor housing: Tenement apartment, railroad flats -overcrowded -No privacy -Cold water -rats -dark -no doors -bathroom in the hall to share with other families. Unskilled/uneducated - took lowest paying jobs in factories -Paid less then others -Worked 6-7 days 12-16 hors making $1-2 a day -No job security -Unhealthy and unsafe Poverty and language - immigrants arrived poor (streets weren’t paved with gold”) - most worked very hard for low pay - most had to learn English Prejudice - many Americans disliked immigrants because they thought they were stealing their jobs and looked different.

Describe the process at Ellis Island: $500 Question from Misc. Describe the process at Ellis Island:

$500 Answer from Misc. About 5000 immigrants passed through a day. Brought into the baggage room Went through questioning -Could read or write? -Do you have a job or skills? -Any relatives? -Were you in prison? -Do you have money? -Do you believe in a democratic govt. Went through a medical exam: Used button hook to flip eyelids looking for disease Looked for TB, physical disabilities, mental problems Clothing would be marked with chalk if any disease was found They were asked a few questions about themselves; asked to solve simple arithmetic problems or count backwards from 20-1, or complete a puzzle If an immigrant didn’t pass the tests: They could be deported back to where they came.