European migrations to the United States

Activities

1. Tick the right answer:

1. Mary Antin crossed the Atlantic:

	to continue her studies in an American college
	to meet with her family, including her father who settled down in Boston
	for sightsee New York

2. The Statue of Liberty is a work of:

	Bartholdi
	Delacroix
	Picasso

3. In 1910, the country providing the largest number of immigrants was:

	Mexico
	Italy
	Ireland

Synthesis question

1. With the help of the documentary file, write a few lines summarizing the European emigration to the US between 1850 and 1930.

Questions of synthesis

With the help of the documentary file, write a few lines summarizing the European emigration to the US between 1850 and 1930 (causes for departure, conditions of crossing, number and origin of migrants, first contacts with the US...)

Some answers

massive character of the European emigration between 1850 and 1920;
number and origins of migrants;
economic and political causes of migrations;
hopes and sometimes illusions cherished by immigrants;
first contacts with the US.