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West & Immigration
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| • Hope for better opportunities • Desire for religious freedom • Escape from oppressive governments • Desire for adventure | Reasons why immigration increased |
| Which city was the center of the meat packing industry? | Chicago |
| Which city was the center of the steel industry? | Pittsburgh |
| Immigration to America from other ____ grew and developed cities. | countries |
| Movement of Americans from _____ to _____ areas for _____ opportunities grew and developed cities. | rural to urban areas for job |
| Settlement house __________ was founded by __________. | Hull House , Addams |
| What gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants? | Political Parties |
| Overcrowded tenements and ghettos were challenges faced by _______. | cities |
| He used political machines to get jobs and housing for immigrants. | Boss Tweed |
| Which two immigration groups faced discrimination? | Irish, Chinese |
| A group that controls the activities of a political party, especially in the cities of the late 19th century | political machine |
| A person who leaves one country to travel to and settle in another country | immigrant |
| Political machines are an example of _____ and caused challenges for cities. | corruption |
| Both _____ and _____ led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and _____. | industrialization & urbanization & ghettos |
| Run-down apartment buildings found in cities; often where immigrants lived | tenement |
| Usually a poor section of a city where members of immigrant groups settled | Ghetto |
| Opportunities for land ownership, technological advances, wealth, desire for adventure, and new beginnings are all examples of_____. | reasons for increased Westward Expansion? |
| Railroad line completed in 1869 that linked the east and west coasts of the US and helped to move people, products, and raw materials across the continent | Transcontinental Railroad |
| Massacre of the Lakota at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of South Dakota by the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment | Battle of Wounded Knee |
| During which battle did General Custer and his men get killed? | Battle little Bighorn |
| Apache warrior and leader who led his band of warriors in fierce raids against the settlers | Geronimo |
| Lakota American Indian leader who fought against the US Army in the Sioux War of 1876 | Sitting Bull |
| Nez Perce chief who led his people in a flight to avoid being sent to a reservation by the army | Chief Joseph |
| Traditionally peaceful American Indian tribe that was forced to fight against and to flee from the US Army | Nez Perce |
| Reduction of the _____ herds was used in an attempt to assimilate and create lifestyle changes for the __________. | buffalo, American Indians |
| American Indian lands were reduced through broken _____ | treaties |
| Why did the U.S. government take American Indian children and send them to boarding schools? | To assimilate them by changing thier language and lifestyle. |
| Land that American Indians were forced to relocate to were called - | reservations |
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Mrs. Estes
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