Ellis Island videoquizVersion en ligne Watch the video and answer the questions. par david archambaud 1 What is Ellis Island today? a An immigration station b An immigration museum c A military base d An amusement park 2 What can you see in this sequence? Select one or more answers a a steamship b a ship's manifest c immigrants being interviewed by inspectors d the Statue of Liberty e Immigrants' names on the Wall of Honor f Immigrants awaiting examination - paper burning - The Great Hall 3 How long was Ellis Island used as an immigration station? a 15 years b more than 15 years c 50 years d more than 50 years 4 What were these people trying to escape from? Give 4 examples. Select one or more answers a poverty b political persecution c wars d hunger e the American dream f racial persecution 5 When immigrants arrived, did they have a good idea of the New World? a yes b no 6 What did immigrants imagine was so attractive about America? Select one or more answers a the climate was mild and pleasant b it was a vast territory c there was gold and mines in which to work d they could live anywhere they wanted e there were no immigration quotas f there were lots of good traditions - there were no social class distinctions 7 "For the first time, they were facing officers in uniforms that were trying to ____ them instead of _____ them." Written answer 8 Prior to 1920 the only thing you needed to enter the United States was... a a visa b a passport c a steamship ticket d a driver's licence e an immigration card f a passenger list 9 What kind of questions were immigrants asked during the interview? Select one or more answers a number of brothers and sisters b political views c how much money they carried d the reasons why they had decided to leave their country e physical marks of identification f where they came from - who paid their tickets 10 What did they do with all these immigration documents? a They kept them in big cardboard boxes b They digitalized them and made a huge computer database c They lost all the documents. 11 What are the advantages of the computer database compared with old microfilms? Select one or more answers a you can directly email immigrants b you can find anybody in just weeks c you can find anybody in just seconds d you can find somebody from just a nationality or entry year 12 What percentage of the US population can trace their ancestors back to Ellis Island? Written answer 13 When they put the database online, people would get up in the middle of the night to get on. a true b false 14 What is the American Family Migration History Center? a A place where people can explore the archive in search of ancestors. b A place where people can meet long lost relatives. c A place where people can buy copies of passenger lists. 15 What has this woman come to Ellis Island for? a To trace her parents to Ellis Island records. b To trace her children to Ellis Island records. c To trace her grandparents to Ellis island records. 16 Why do people get so emotional when they read the records? Select one or more answers a Because their relatives are dead and they will never get to know them. b Because the records are so well-kept that they can establish a connection with these dead relatives. c Because it is a part of themselves that they can find in these records. 17 Why was the little girl and her parents told they were going to be deported back to Germany? a Because they were infected with a contagious disease. b Because they exceeded the German immigration quota. c Because they didn't have enough money. 18 Why wasn't she and her family eventually sent back to Germany? a Because they managed to find enough money to stay. b Because an immigration official took pity on her and made them pass under the wire. c Because they enlarged the German quota at the last minute. 19 Why was it so important for this German family to pass? a Because if they had been sent back to Germany, they would certainly have perished in the holocaust. b Because they had spent all their savings on the voyage to the US and had no money to survive. c Because their lives back in Germany would have been miserable. 20 What country did Karen Martinez's ancestors come from? a Turkey b Poland c Spain d Portugal Explanation 2 A steamship is a ship powered by steam. The Great hall is the place where all immigrants arrived after they got off the ship. The manifest is an official document listing the names of all passengers. 3 Ellis island was used as an immigration station from 1892 until 1954, so for 62 years. 8 All you needed to do was buy a steamship ticket and your name was automatically reported to the passenger list, which in turn was given to immigration inspectors at Ellis Island. 9 Yes, they had to answer 39 questions, some of which very personal.
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