U.S. History: Mexican-American War and Immigration

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Which western territories did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Mexican-American War?

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California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming

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By the time of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which U.S. states formed the region known as the South?

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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas

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In which hemisphere is all of Europe located?

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In the Northern Hemisphere.

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Which countries in Europe did most 19th century European immigrants to the U.S. come from?

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United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland

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What newly acquired western territories attracted few European immigrants, and why?

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the mountainous regions of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona, which had little water for crops

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Which newly added Mexican territories attracted slaveholders from the South, and why?

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California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico seemed like good places to grow crops like cotton, utilizing enslaved laborers

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Why did New York City become home to many European immigrants?

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NYC had a large port to welcome immigrants and factories where they could work

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What discouraged unskilled laborers from Europe from settling in the South, and encouraged them to settle in the Midwest?

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the South had many enslaved laborers, but very few jobs for unskilled white laborers

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Why did 19th century social reform movements such as feminism and abolitionism originate in the North as opposed to the South or the West?

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Northerners could easily collaborate and take action on issues because their cities were jam packed with people, many of whom had come from Europe with radical ideas of social change

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Why did Scandinavian immigrants disproportionately settle in the Upper Midwest?

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there were factory jobs in cities like Minneapolis and cheap farmland available there