Migration and Immigration

The theme of this quiz is MIGRATION and IMMIGRATION. Please READ the following

• Migration means moving WITHIN a country (like westward expansion) and immigration means moving here FROM ANOTHER country (like Ireland, Germany, and China).

• Whatever

A belief in Manifest Destiny is most closely associated with the decision to

• create the Bank of the United States
• suppress the Whiskey Rebellion
• declare war on Mexico
• build the Panama Canal

As the U.S. acquired more land between 1803 and 1850, what was the main controversy over these territories?

• need for schools and colleges
• failure to conserve natural resources
• expansion of slavery
• construction of transcontinental railroads

What was the effect of territorial expansion and westward migration during the first half of the 19th century?

• It helped balance the Federal budget.
• It escalated the debate over slavery.
• It weakened the traditional policy of isolationism.
• It improved the living conditions of Native American Indians.

What act gave any American 160 acres of land for free to anyone who claimed it?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
• The Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Homestead Act

In what area did the government give land to settlers to farm and expand west in the Homestead Act?

• Pacific islands
• East Coast
• Great Plains
• Rocky Mountains

The Great Migration during World War I refers to the movement of

• factory workers from the Northeast to the Sun Belt

• communists deported to Russia as undesirable aliens

• African Americans to northern cities to find factory work

• refugees fleeing from eastern Europe to the United States

Which book describes how the westward movement of farmers affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?

• How the Other Half Lives

• The Jungle

• The Grapes of Wrath (it's this one)

• Here's A Book About Potatoes Part 2: Potatoier

During the late 19th century, the growth of capitalism encouraged United States imperialism because of the desire of business to

• obtain new markets for American products
• compete with foreign industries
• provide humanitarian aid to poor nations
• industrialize underdeveloped nations

We haven't learned this yet so listen up. In the 1950s, the Interstate Highway Act allowed for the creation of highways across America. It allowed people to move from the cities to the suburbs. It also resulted in a lot of people moving to the South in a region known as the "Sunbelt."

• Interstate Highway, suburbs, Sunbelt - I totally understand this!

• Bloop, blarph, blooph - I don't know my own name!