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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
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$100 Question from “Old Immigrants”
What years were the “old immigrants” coming here?
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$100 Answer from “Old Immigrants”
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$200 Question from “Old Immigrants”
Where did they come from?
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$200 Answer from “Old Immigrants”
Northern and Western Europe England Scotland Scandinavia Germany France Ireland
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$300 Question from “Old Immigrants”
What did they look like?
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$300 Answer from “Old Immigrants”
Light skin, eyes and hair. They had an easy time blending in.
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$400 Question from “Old Immigrants”
What was their description?
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$400 Answer from “Old Immigrants”
Protestant Asians Involuntary immigrants-slaves
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$500 Question from “Old Immigrants”
What were their reasons for coming here?
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$500 Answer from “Old Immigrants”
Economic opportunities Land Potato famine Gold rush
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$100 Question from “New Immigrants”
What years did they come here?
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$100 Answer from “New Immigrants”
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$200 Question from “New Immigrants”
Where did they come from?
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$200 Answer from “New Immigrants”
Southern and Eastern Europe Italy Greece Russia Poland Yugoslavia Turkey Romania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
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$300 Question from “New Immigrants”
What were their physical characteristics?
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$300 Answer from “New Immigrants”
Darker Skin, eyes and hair They had a hard time blending in.
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$400 Question from “New Immigrants”
What was their description?
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$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
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$500 Question from “New Immigrants”
What were the reasons?
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$500 Answer from “New Immigrants”
Religious persecution Poverty Economic Opportunities War
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$100 Question from “Today’s Immigrants”
When did they come over?
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$100 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants”
1950-Present
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$200 Question from “Today’s Immigrants”
Where did they come from?
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$200 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants”
Latin America (Central and South America) Mexico Nicaragua El Salvador Costa Rica Guatemala Haiti Cuba Dominican REpublic
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$300 Question from “Today’s Immigrants”
What were their physical characteristics?
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$300 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants”
Darker skin, eyes and hair Had a hard time fitting in.
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$400 Question from “Today’s Immigrants”
What was their description?
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$400 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants”
Different religions Poor and wealthy Unskilled and skilled Successful business owners Difficult time blending in.
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$500 Question from “Today’s Immigrants”
What was the reason they came?
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$500 Answer from “Today’s Immigrants”
War Communism Poverty overpopulation
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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?
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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.
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How did immigrants travel to the United states?
$200 Question from Misc. How did immigrants travel to the United states? What were the conditions?
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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
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Why were the Americans prejudice towards immigrants?
$300 Question from Misc. Why were the Americans prejudice towards immigrants?
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$300 Answer from Misc. Why did the “Old” immigrants settle in the Midwest? Where did most “New immigrants settle?
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Explain the problems immigrants faced.
$400 Question from Misc. Explain the problems immigrants faced.
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$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 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.
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Describe the process at Ellis Island:
$500 Question from Misc. Describe the process at Ellis Island:
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$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.
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