VUS SOL Review Part 2

What law gave people up to 160 acres of land at a low cost if they agreed to live on it for 5 years?

• The Free Land Act

• The Home on the Range Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Government Land Act

Which of these were reasons that immigrants came to the United States after the Civil War? 3 correct

• available jobs

• escape war and persecution

• to live in dirty cramped apartments

• a better life

• to build a mansion

Where were immigrants coming to New York City processed?

• Staten Island

• Liberty Island

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

Which group of immigrants helped build the 1st Transcontinental Railroad?

• Italians

• Polish

• Russians

• Chinese

Where did most immigrants to the United States after 1871 come from?

• Asia, Africa and Central America

• Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe

• Northern and Western Europe, Africa

• Asia and Latin America

Before 1871 where did most immigrants come from?

• Northwestern Europe

• Southeastern Europe

• Australia

• South America

This type of housing was called a...

• mansion

• tenement

• condominium

• skyscraper

Which of these institutions helped assimilate new immigrants?

• markets

• corporations

• public schools

• country clubs

What did Henry Bessemer invent?

• a way to make aluminum

• a way to make steel

• a way to send messages

• a way to destroy cities

What industry did John D. Rockefeller make his fortune in?

• Railroads

• Steel

• Oil

• Banking