1. Important People Who Started Out Being Immigrants
Group 6’s 8th Grade Social Studies Class

2. Levi Strauss founded 1st company to make blue jeans 1829-1902
Born in Germany
Moved to San Franciso, CA in 1853
right after the 1849 California Gold Rush
Received a patent in 1873 and started making the pants we still know today
He never married or had children when he died so he passed on his business to his 4 nephews
Levi Strauss

3. Joseph Pulitzer Famous for his “Pulitzer Prize” 1847-1911
was not created until 6 years after his death
Born in Hungary
Arrived to New York in 1864 and enlisted in “Lincoln Calvary” shortly after
Served 8 months in Civil War
Journalist uncovered many scandals
After buying The New York Globe, it became biggest newspaper in the world
Joseph Pulitzer

4. Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer
“one of the most famous silent film
stars before WWI”
Born in England
First came to United States in 1910
Started United Artists film distribution company, 1919
Married 4 times and had 11 children
Charlie Chaplin

5. Albert Einstein Famous scientist 1879-1955 Lived in: Jewish
“Father of Physics”
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921
Lived in:
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and United States
Jewish
Moved to United States in 1933 for fear of the “Rise of Hitler”
Some events after studied time frame
Albert Einstein

6. Works Cited All background information obtained from Wikipedia
All photos taken from
Creative Commons,
Google Images