History of Immigration in the United States

Use this map: http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html

And your textbooks!

Time What are the top 3

Why were these groups immigrating? Where in the US do they go and what do they do?
Period countries of origin?
1. Ireland
1820- 2. Germany
Irish potato famine, Germany is pre unification, so Irish- Northeastern cities, Irish men work in manual labor,
1860 3. United Kingdom
this is creating warfare, 1848 revolutions, Irish women work as servants. German – Midwest, farming
1. Germany German – Midwest, farming. Irish- Northeastern cities, Irish
1861- 2. United States Job opportunities, central European warfare men work in manual labor and get drafted to fight in the
1879 3. Ireland Civil War, Irish women work as servants
1. Italy
1880- 3. Russia Escape poverty, Pogroms in Russia Northeastern cities, work in the factories
1924 3. Hungary
1. Canada
1925- 2. Germany
Compared to the rest of the world, the US Mexico – settle in the South, working migrant farm work.
1964 3. Mexico
economy is very strong Canadians tend to stay in the North, factory work
1. Mexico Mexicans – settle in the South, work in migrant farm work
1965- 2. Other Asia Unrest in Asia, job opportunities Asians – settle through out the US, tend to establish
2000 3. China businesses

Where did it come from?

Copy/paste the correct country/culture of origin for each question. Some countries may be the correct answer for more than one item or not used at all!

American Thing Country/Culture of Origin Word Bank

The words “chimpanzee” and “zombie” African Italy
Halloween Ireland Sweden
Place names like “Seattle” and “Miami” North American Indian tribes Latin America
Popcorn North American Indian tribes The Netherlands
The words “algebra” and “magazine” Middle East Ireland
Spaghetti Italy North American Indian tribes
The words “tsunami” and “haiku” Japan France
Christmas Trees Germany Poland
Log cabins Sweden The Middle East
The words “noodle” and “kindergarten” Germany Japan
The words “typhoon” and “tangram” China Africa
Place names like “New Orleans” and “Detroit” France Spain
The name “America” Italy China
The words “slob” and “galore” Ireland Australia
The words “cookie” and “boss” Netherlands India
Salsa music Latin America Germany