Unit 5 Review lesson / game

Unit 5 Review

Migration and Immigration

• Westward Expansion, the Homestead Act and Native American removal

• 11 million Immigrants moved to America during this time

• Immigrants typically worked the most difficult jobs for the lowest pay

• Many Americans were strongly against immigration

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would limit the amount of new immigrants allowed to move to the United States?

• Immigrant Removal Act

• The 19th Amendment

• Homestead Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Industrialization in American cities

• The growth of the Railroad industry and new technology, and new inventions

• These rapid changes were driven by laissez-faire capitalism

• However there were many problems that were caused by industrialization

• low wages, child labor, no benefits, long hours

Multiple Choice

The _______ Era was a time of activism and political reform in response to problems caused by industrialization, immigration, and the growth of cities.

• Jim Crow

• Progressive

• Migration

• Assimilation

American Imperialism

• Economic and political interests drove American imperialism

• ...but so did a superiority complex

• The U.S. gets involved with the affairs of other countries around the world

• Spanish American War and new colonies in the Caribbean and Asia

Multiple Select

Select THREE of the colonies that the U.S. gained after the Spanish American War

• Philippines

• Hondouras

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• China