Waves of immigration - follow-up work

Hey guys,

today we worked on correcting the chart you had to complete about immigration waves to the US.

Here is what we said about it:

From 1860 to 1880, the Chinese went to the U.S to build the railroad and because they were too poor to raise their children in China, they stayed in the U.S., full of dreams.

From 1880 to 1900, Italians, Poles, Ukranians, and Greeks went to the USA for religious and political reasons and to live an easier life.  

Goal = They went to the U.S to have freedom of religion.
Cause = They fled/left/went to the U.S because of tyranny.

From 1900 to 1920, Italians left their country because of the war (WW I) and to have a better life.

From 1920 to 1940, the 1929 Wall Street crack slowed immigration. It was not attractive. It made immigration go down / decrease. The National Origins Act also made immigration go down. There was a quota* to make immigration stop.
 

* A quota = only selected immigrants could enter.
 

Vocabulary:

* to lack food
* to die of starvation / to starve to death
* a high rate of unemployment
* So / Consequently, ...
* an economic crack / crisis
* to decrease (-) // to increase (+)
* a quota
* a law
* the railroad
* to raise children   

HW:

- Chercher les définitions pour les mots suivants:

   1- Pogrom (groupe 1)

   2- E pluribus unum (groupe 2)

   3- Ellis Island (groupe 3)

- Vérifier ses sources concernant la population aux USA et les pourcentages de chaque communauté.