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Chapter 7
Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the Presidents during this era? | Rutherford Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson |
| What year would be considered a milestone in aviation history? Why? | 1903, The Wright Bros. successful flight. |
| How and when did the nation expand geographically? | U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898. |
| What intentional event had a profound impact on the United States? | Panama Canal |
| From which country did the smallest percentage of immigrants come? | Japan |
| Gentlemen’s Agreement | |
| What difficulties did immigrants face on their journey to the United States? | Most traveled by steamship and the conditions were very bad. Because of bad health conditions many became sick, and some even died before reaching the United States. |
| How did many immigrants cope after arriving in America? | |
| What was the Transatlantic Journey? | |
| Ellis Island | |
| Angel Island | |
| Melting Pot | |
| Nativism | |
| Progressive | |
| Synagogue | |
| felony | |
| annexed | |
| What reasons did people from other parts of the world have for immigrating to the United States? | The desire to escape conditions |
| Where did the greatest number of Italian immigrants settle? |