People Groups immigration Westward Expansion 1800s

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Which group was most negatively affected by the building of the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Native Americans

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Which 2 immigrant groups were the main contributors to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

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Irish and Chinese

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What was the major cause of the mass immigration from Ireland during the 1800’s? Options: gold rush , potato famine, religious freedom, to start their own businesses

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potato famine

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Whose perspective during Westward Expansion does this statement represent? “Our way of life has been forever changed. The buffalo, the basis of our lifestyle, have been decimated. The prairies where we resided have been torn up and lined with metal rail lines.”

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Native Americans

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Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by

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providing free land to farmers

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Where and how did many German immigrants settle in the U.S. during the 1800s?

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as farmers in the Great Plains regions

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Which people group migrated to flee religious persecution? Options: Chinese, Irish, Native Americans, Mormons, Germans

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Mormons

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Which attitude about immigration is reflected in this poem, which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” — Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus,” 1883
Options: People from all nations should be welcomed., Educated professionals should be given preference., Quotas should be adopted to limit certain ethnic groups., The influx of unskilled people should be restricted.

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People from all nations should be welcomed.