Immigration (1)

Source: Encarta

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  1. Click on: Experiment, Ellis Island, What is Ellis Island?

  1. What years of immigration are dealt with here? _________________

  2. Begin with Pursuit of Happiness (in the upper left-hand corner) and pass the cursor over the images and listen. Summarize what you learn about Ellis Island and immigration.

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  3. Click on: Points of Origin

    4. Choose Russia, Italy and three other points of origin. For each country, write the number of immigrants from that country who passed through Ellis Island and their reasons for immigration.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  4. Click on: The Immigrant Experience

Listen to all the ‘Immigrant Experiences’ and describe each immigrant’s

attitude toward the experience, e.g. happy, disappointed, surprised because… .

  1. Leaving Home:

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  2. Ocean Passage:

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  3. First Sight of America:

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  4. Medical Inspection:

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  5. Tickets to All Point:

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  6. New Americans:

 

 

 

 

  1. Close the Interactivity.

Click on Find and Type: Russia.

In the outline at the left, click on: Alexander II. Scroll down and begin reading with the paragraph that begins: Domestically Alexander’s reign was an era of reform…. Read until (not including) the Dumas.

  1. What characterized this period in Russian history?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. What may explain the large number of people who emigrated from Russia to
the USA?