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Final
Jeopardy
We
arrived in large
numbers late in the
1800s and early
1900s.
ANSWER
Italians
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Two
million of us
immigrated to the
United States
between 1845 and
1865.
Answer
Irish
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We
had the highest
literacy rate of
immigrants.
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Scandinavians
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We
immigrated from
several northern
European countries.
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Scandinavians
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9,000
– 12,000 of
us worked on the
Central Pacific
Railroad.
Answer
Chinese
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 Only
10 percent of us
became farmers, even
though most originally
had been farmers.
Answer
Italians
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A
large percentage
of us were illiterate,
thus limiting our job
opportunities.
Answer
Italians
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We
served in the
U.S. Army in larger
numbers than any
other immigrant
group.
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Irish
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Five
million of us
immigrated to the
United States during
the 1800s.
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Germans
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Large
numbers of us
live today in
Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and
Michigan.
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Scandinavians
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We
were paid 40
percent less than
other railroad
workers.
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Chinese
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More
than 40
million Americans
claim our group’s
ancestry today.
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Germans
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Many
of us were
farmers in
Pennsylvania, Texas,
and the Midwest.
Answer
Germans
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We
worked as
gardeners, laundry
workers, merchants,
and farmers.
Answer
Chinese
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We
settled primarily in
port cities in states
like New York,
Massachusetts, and
New Jersey.
Answer
Irish
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Many
of us left our
country because of
political conflict.
Answer
Italians
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We
first came to the
United States
because of the
California Gold
Rush.
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Chinese
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We
fled our
homeland because
of the potato
famine.
Answer
Irish
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Many
of us became
entrepreneurs as
bakers, brewers,
and tailors.
Answer
Germans
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We
often settled in
small communities
and established
social clubs.
Answer
Scandinavians
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 We
are the five groups of
immigrants that were
discussed in the Jeopardy
“Who Am I?” game in JA
America Works – Session 1.
Answer
Chinese
Irish
Germans
Scandinavians
Italians