Final Exam

The famous immigration center in NYC is

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Coney Island
• Long Island

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to 

•  decrease Chinese immigration
• create segregated classrooms
• settle a disagreement between China and the United States
• stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States

Suffrage refers to:

• Discrimination
• Women’s Rights
• The Right To Vote
• The Denial of Voting

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common?

• They all brought about a war with Spain.
• They all increased the territory of the United States.
• They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
• They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico. 

What act allowed the national government to require Native Americans to give up their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Civilization Act 
• Manifest Destiny Act
• Indian Territory Act

What caused the huge population expansion in California between 1848 and  1852

• Gold was  found 
• Fresh water was found
• War with Native-Americans 
• farmers moved there to grow their crops 

Even for those who afford all of the supplies needed to farm the land, farming was NOT easy.

• true

• false

Why did the government support homesteading?

• to encourage trade with Canada

• to encourage settlers to farm the western land

Why did homesteaders want to live near the railroad?

• to make it easy to transport their crops to market

• to take vacations in the open space in the West