American Literature Context: 1880-1940 (mostly)

When did the American civil war end?

• 1865

• 1861

• 1870

• 1879

What did the Homestead Act of 1863 encourage?

• The organisation of Native Indians into reservations

• The settlement of the west by migrants

• The use of mechanised machinery in farms

• African Americans to settle in California

When was the trans-continental railroad completed in the US?

• 1880

• 1900

• 1883

• 1869

What did the trans-continental railroad enable?

• Railroad travel from Chicago to New Orleans

• Railroad travel from coast to coast

• Railroad travel for America's poor

• Railroad travel from Oklahoma to Calfornia

Simon Schama describes the American frontier in the c19th as...

• A new world

• A fresh start

• A beacon to many

• An eden

What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do?

• It entitled all migrants to plots of land

• It organised Native Indians into reservations

• It abolished slavery

• It allowed immigrants to arrive in Ellis Island

What was Ellis Island?

• A place where immigrants arriving in the US were processed

• A place where immigrants first settled

• A place where immigrants often worked

• A place where immigrants developed a lofty step

Who was in charge of the Indian war campaigns during the 1860s and 1870s?

• General Whitaker

• General Sheridan

• General Montgomary

• General Hoover

The largest number of migrants between 1820-1920 came from...?

• Italy

• Ireland

• Germany

• Latvia

How many people arrived in America between 1880-1889?

• 5.2 million

• 8.4 million

• 3.2 million

• 6.5 million