Unit 6 Review

The Transcontinental Railroad moves across which continent?

• Asia

• North America

• Europe

• Antarctica

What caused the change on the map?

• The government forced Native American off their land to reservations.

• The Native American population decreased.

• The Native Americans went to look for gold.

• There was a bigger shadow over one map when the picture was taken.

What impact did the Transcontinental Railroad have on the United States?

• It stopped people from moving west.

• It caused the number of buffalo to increase.

• It encouraged many settler to move to the west coast to settle land.

• All of the above

How did the development of railroads impact westward expansion?

• it made traveling west easier.

• It made traveling west harder.

• It had no effect on westward expansion.

What is a Pull factor that brought immigrants to the United States?

• discrimination

• poverty

• war

• jobs

How did poverty and war in Europe effect immigration to the United States?

• It caused it to slow down.

• It increased it.

• It had no effect.

• None of the above.

What caused these neighborhoods to form in New York?

• immigrants wanted to live close to people the spoke the same language and wore similar clothes.

• They were assigned locations to live when they arrived.

• They just happened to end up like that.

• All of the above.

What was a major reason the Chinese came to America?

• job opportunities

• to help fight in the war

• to settle on the east coast

• all of the above

This photo shows the same Native American child over a two year period. Why did the child's appearance change?

• Native Americans were forced into boarding schools that did not honor their culture and traditions.

• Native Americans abandoned their traditions and culture after moving on to reservations.

• The American fashion was very popular among Native Americans.

Which is a positive impact of the development of ethnic communities in the Unites States during the early 1900s?

• They were unable to spread negative ideas into the American Culture.

• They stayed separate from American culture.

• They were unable to assimilate into the American culture.

• They brought new traditions and foods to the United States.