Great Migration and Immigration

Who were the Exodusters?

• African Americans who left the south for Kansas in the late 1800s

• African Americans who traveled north after Reconstruction

• White settlers who moved into Kansas and forced African Americans out

• African Americans who remained in the south after Reconstruction

Group made up the largest part of the Railroad’s workforce that faced discrimination?

• Irish immigrants

• Chinese immigrants

• African Americans

• Former Union Army Soldiers

What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?

• to bring an end to cattle drives

• to encourage settlement on the Great Plain

• to defeat the Native Americans

• to provide a market for steel plows

Why did many Exodusters come to the Great Plains?

• European immigrants forced them from their homes in the East

• They wanted to hunt buffalo

• African Americans faced discrimination in the South

• They were seeking religious freedom

Why did African Americans move North after reconstruction?

• They had better opportunities in the South
• In the North, segregation was not a law like it was in the South
• They were not allowed to move North

What is an immigrant?

• A person who moves to a new country permanently. 

• A person who leaves their country for safety - due to war, political upheaval, disaster, etc.

• A person who attempts to move to a new country, but may be removed by the government.

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
• welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
• allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
• closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time