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| What did the Homestead Act do? | Gave free land to western settlers
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| What were the requirements of the Homestead Act? | Had to live on and farm the land for five years
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| What African-Americans moved from the South to Kansas and other western states after Reconstruction? | The Exodusters
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| What 2 new technologies led to western settlement after the Civil War? | 1) Railroads
2) Mechanical reaper
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| What crop did the mechanical reaper harvest? | Wheat
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| What happened to the Indians as settlers moved west between 1865 and 1900? | Indians were pushed off their ancestral lands.
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| From what parts of Europe did most immigrants come before 1871? | Northern and Western Europe
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| From what parts of Europe did most immigrants come after 1871? | Southern and Eastern Europe
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| From what Northern and Western European countries did immigrants come before 1871? | 1) Germany
2) Great Britain,
3) Ireland
4) Norway
5) Sweden
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| From what Southern and Eastern European countries did immigrants come after 1871? | 1) Italy
2) Greece
3) Poland
4) Russia
5) Present-day Hungary
6) Former Yugoslavia
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| From what Asian countries did immigrants come after 1871? | 1) China
2) Japan
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| What did Chinese immigrants help build? | Transcontinental railroad
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| Where did immigrants work in the Northeast? | 1) Textile mills
2) Steel mills
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| Where did immigrants work in New York City? | Clothing industry
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| What immigrants worked in coal mines in the East? | 1) Slavs
2) Italians
3) Poles
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| Where did most European immigrants enter America? | Came through Ellis Island in New York Harbor
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| What was the first view of America of many European immigrants? | Statue of Liberty
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| What theory says immigrants were quickly assimilated (absorbed) into American culture? | "Melting Pot"
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| What kinds of hardships did many immigrants fact? | 1) Low pay
2) Dangerous working conditions
3) Racial, religious, and cultural prejudice
4) Fear and resentment that they would take jobs away from Americans
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| What institution helped immigrants assimilate into American society? | Public schools
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| What 2 laws limited immigration? | 1) Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
2) Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
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| What cities grew rapidly and became manufacturing and transportation centers? | 1) Chicago
2) Detroit
3) Cleveland
4) Pittsburgh
5) New York
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| Where did many factory workers live in the big cities? | Tenements and slums
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| What needs were created by the rapid growth of cities? | 1) Housing shortages
2) Sewage and water systems
3) Public transportation
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| What American city began to build a subway system in1900? | New York City
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| What other types of public transportation were used in cities? | 1) Trolleys
2) Streetcar lines
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| What two regions of the United States were settled between 1865 and 1900? | 1) Great Plains
2) Rocky Mountains
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| By the early 20th century, what states had been admitted into the Union? | All 48 states that make up the continental United States today from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
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