Western Frontier

Gave 160 acres of western land to anyone who promised to farm.

• Homestead Act

• Haymarket Act

• Freeland Act

• Indian Removal Act

Which two immigrant groups built the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Mexican / African

• Chinese / Irish

• English / Dutch

• Native Americans / French

Congress passed a law restricting which immigrant group from entering the United States?

• German

• Irish

• Chinese

• Mexican

Which of the following was NOT a cause of devastation on the Native Americans?

• Indian Removal Act

• Manifest Destiny

• Migration of miners, ranchers, & farmers

• Emancipation Proclamation

At what battle did the Sioux Indians defeat the US Army?

• Little Big Horn

• Bull Run

• Antietam

• Santa Fe

US Army massacred Sioux men, women, and children.

• Little Big Horn

• Wounded Knee

• Bull Run

• Appamattox

Political Party that pushed for an income tax & direct election of Senators

• Federalists

• Democrat

• Populist

• Republican

The movement of people into a new country or political unit.

• Open door policy

• Imperialism

• Migration

• Immigration

The gradual process by which an ethnic, racial, or religious group merges into the dominant population.

• assimilation

• imperialism

• immigration

• discrimination

The island in San Francisco was used as an immigration station.

• Ellis Island

• Jekyll Island

• Angel Island

• Hawaii