1. PRIMARY SOURCES & IMMIGRATION QUIZ REVIEW

2. Define a primary source. Source of information made during the actual time period

3. Give examples of primary sources (at least three) Video footage Interview Photograph Journal Diary

4. What are two things that are usually NOT primary sources? Websites Textbooks Encyclopedia

5. Are primary sources always 100% accurate? Why or why not? NO, people may have exaggerated the truth or spoken from their perspective

6. What is the definition of an immigrant? A person that moves to a new country to live

7. What is the definition of illegal immigrant? A person that moves to a new country without permission

8. What continent did immigrants in the past MOSTLY come from? Europe

9. Where do majority of immigrants today come from? Mexico and Central America

10. Define push factor Something bad that makes a person want to LEAVE a country

11. Give examples of push factors (at least three) Famine/Starvation/poverty War/Violence No jobs or land Few freedoms or rights Disease

12. Define pull factor A good thing that makes a person want to COME into a new country

13. What are some examples of pull factors? Give at least three examples Many rights and freedoms (democracy) Fewer taxes More jobs Free, good schools Resources Safety

14. How did Americans feel about immigrants hundreds of years ago? According to the text, why did they feel that way? Many Americans felt negatively about immigrants because: They felt immigrants would outnumber Americans They felt that immigrants would change our language or government Also, Americans were often rude and cruel to immigrants and treated them disrespectfully

15. Why do some Americans feel negatively about illegal immigrants today? Some Americans feel that immigrants take jobs away from American workers

17. What was the name of the immigrant reception center in New York where many new immigrants entered into the US? Ellis Island

18. What is a mixed family? A family that has both legal citizens (usually children) and illegal immigrants (usually parents).

19. Define deport When a person is sent back to their home country

20. Why do some employers today use illegal immigrants? Immigrants will: Do jobs Americans do not want to do Work for less money Work long hours

21. List three problems immigrants are sometimes blamed for in America today. Take jobs from Americans May commit crimes Drain social services (free medical care, schools, housing, etc.)

22. DESCRIBE two possible solutions to America’s “illegal immigration problem”? Deport illegal immigrants Allow them a path to become legal citizens The DREAM Act - allow children that have been in the US for a long time and are willing to go to college or join the military to become citizens