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Evening Class Review of Vocabulary and Story

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  • Who became the second owner of Ellis Island, after Samuel Ellis?
    The U.S. Government
  • She uses a calendar to ____________ all of her appointments.
    Keep track of
  • Make a sentence using the word "arrival"
    Ex: Their arrival at the airport was at 5:00PM.
  • How did Annie Moore have a hard life after she moved to New York?
    She lived in a very small apartment and had 11 children. Five of her children died as infants.
  • VOCABULARY: People thought Annie Moore was ______ because she traveled with her young brothers to America at age 15.
    Brave
  • VOCAB: Many people ________ the stadium to see the football game.
    flooded into
  • What big problem happened on Ellis Island?
    The WOODEN buildings caught fire. They had to rebuild with brick and stone.
  • Make a sentence with the phrase "catch fire" or "caught fire" (past tense).
    Ex: The car caught fire when the other car hit it.
  • Make a sentence using the phrase "found out"
    Ex: She found out some surprising news today at her job!
  • Why did the US government start to control immigration?
    They wanted to test newcomers. They wanted to make sure people were healthy and could work in jobs.
  • Make a sentence with the word "store/to store/stored"
    Ex: He stored the tools on the wall in the basement.
  • Vocab: They are new home __________. They got the keys to the house today.
    owners
  • Make a sentence using the phrase "support myself / supports herself / supports himself"
    Ex: She supports herself by helping to manage a grocery store.
  • True or False: In the early 1800s, the U.S. government did not control immigration.
    True. The individual states kept track of the newcomers.
  • What services were available on Ellis Island?
    Laundry, hospital, foreign money exchange, place to buy train tickets, send telegrams, etc.
  • VOCAB: She wrote a note on a __________ of paper and put it on the refrigerator to help her remember it.
    scrap
  • What do you remember about Annie Moore, the person we see in this statue on Ellis Island?
    Ex: She was from Ireland. She came on a ship at age 15 with her brothers. She was the first to pass through Ellis Island.