VUS SOL Review Part 2

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What law gave people up to 160 acres of land at a low cost if they agreed to live on it for 5 years?

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The Homestead Act

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Where were immigrants coming to New York City processed?

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Ellis Island

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Which group of immigrants helped build the 1st Transcontinental Railroad? Italians, Polish, Russians, Chinese

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Chinese

Front

Where did most immigrants to the United States after 1871 come from? Options: Asia, Africa and Central America; Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe; Northern and Western Europe, Africa; Asia and Latin America

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Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe

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Before 1871 where did most immigrants come from?

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Northwestern Europe

Front

This type of housing was called a...

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tenement

Front

Which of these institutions helped assimilate new immigrants?
markets, corporations, public schools, country clubs

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public schools

Front

What did Henry Bessemer invent?

Back

a way to make steel

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What industry did John D. Rockefeller make his fortune in?

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Oil

Front

"Laissez-faire" is a term that means the government...

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stays out of business