SOL 8 a,b

Between what two landmarks did settlers move to following the civil war?

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

• Yugoslavia

• Atlantic Ocean

What was the only way to get cattle to market?

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• Transcontinental Railroad

• Sent on rivers

• Cattle Drives

What did the Homestead act of 1862 do?

• Gave free public land in eastern territories

• Equally distributed land for soviet America

• Gave free public land in western territories.

• Gave land to Native Americans in the west

Which two groups in particular moved west to seek new opportunity?

• Southerners

• Northerners

• Communists

• African Americans

What was one example of new machinery invented to help settlers in the west?

• Mechanical Reaper

• Robotic Reaper

• Technical Reaper

• Soviet Reaper

Prior to 1871 where did most immigrants come from?

• Japan

• Northern and Western Europe

• Africa

• Southern and Easter Europe

Why did people emigrate to America

• To escape the iron grip of communism

• To escape slavery

• For fun summer vacations

• Freedom and better lives

What group mostly helped build the Transcontinental Railroad

• Chinese

• Native American

• African American

• Japanese

What was the nickname for American Society when referring to immigrants

• The Melting Pot

• The Mixing Pot

• The Berlin Wall

• The Meme Pot

What two acts limited immigration into the U.S.?

• The Chinese exclusion act of 1882

• Immigration restriction act of 1921

• The Chinese exclusion act of 1884

• Immigration restriction act of 1919

• The Border Wall act