Immigration Study Guide - Per 3

Which of the following contributed to the westward expansion of the United States?

• European warships attacked the eastern seaboard, forcing citizens to move westward for safety.

• Most of the land east of the Mississippi River was not suitable for farming.

• Many Americans felt it was their right and duty to move westward.

• The standard of living on the Pacific Coast was very high, so many people wanted to move there.

For a $10 fee an individual could file for tract of land in the unsettled west, this was called a ____

• Sooner

• Homestead

• Ghost Town

• Rent-to-own

Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million

• Alien Land Law of 1913

• Industrial Revolution

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Butler Act

The purchase of Louisiana

• was a costly mistake

• was opposed by western farmers

• doubled the size of the United States

• led to war with Great Britain

What was the ordered the relocation of Native Americans to reservations in Oklahoma 4,000 died due to the journey?

• Final Solution

• The Oregon Trail

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Genocide Proclamation

An act that removed Indian land from tribal possession, redivided it, and distributed it among individual Indian families. Designed to break tribal mentalities and promote individualism.

• Dawes Act

• Immigration Act

• Butler Act

• Native American Removal Act

The idea popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.

• Gold Rush

• Oregon Trail

• Manifest Destiny

• Missouri Compromise

As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?

• They agreed to give up their land.

• They were given their choice of where to live.

• They were forced to live in reservations.

• They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.

Urban immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th centuries were influenced to support local political machines because they

• discouraged the new immigrants from participating in civic affairs.

• were usually supported by urban reformers

• provided essential services to immigrants.

• reminded immigrants of political practices in their homeland.

The mainly Asian immigration processing center on the West Coast was known as

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Arizona Border

• Boston Harbor