8. The American Frontier, Homestead Act, Farming on the Plains,

The U.S. banned the entry of any Chinese person in the (a)   of 1882.

• Irish Exclusion Act
• Operation Wetback
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Jewish Exclusion Act

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#Gilded Age-Chinese Exclusion Act

Famine, religious persecution, and poverty are examples of ​ (a)   for immigrants.

Economic opportunities and political freedoms of democratic societies are examples of Pull factors.

(b)  

• Push factors
• Push Factors

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#Gilded Age-Immigration

New markets are to the ​ (a)    

    As a person who is against immigration is to a

(b)  

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Nativist
• Urbanization
• Civic Responsibility

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#Gilded Age-Transcontinental Railroad

#Gilded Age-Nativism

Preventing Chinese Immigration is to the ​ (a)  

    As growth of the population of cities are to

(b)  

• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Urbanization
• Civic Responsibility
• Nativist

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#Gilded Age-Chinese Exclusion Act

#Gilded Age-Urbanization

The Great Plains were valuable because -

• the beautiful scenery could be used to attract tourists from other countries

• the vast herds of buffalo could provide a food source for the large populations in the East

• the military could practice detonating weapons with no civilians around

• the land could be used to farm great quantities of crops

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#Gilded Age-Great Plains

One of the largest obstacles to settling the Great Plains was -

• the land was not fertile enough for farming resulting in settlers not wanting to move to the Great Plains

• settlers who chose to settle on the land often had conflict with Native Americans

• settlers did not enjoy living in isolation

• large trees were required to be cut down before settlers could construct their homes and plant their crops

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#Gilded Age-Great Plains

To help encourage the settlement of the Great Plains the federal government passed the -  (a)  

• Settlement Act of 1876
• Homestead Act
• Migration Act
• Farms and Houses Act

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#Gilded Age-Homestead Act

The American Frontier was tamed with the passage of the ​ (a)   and the

(b)  

• Homestead Act
• Transcontinental Railroad
• steamboat
• lightbulb
• Panama Canal

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#Gilded Age-Homestead Act

What are three requirements to qualify for this act?

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#Gilded Age-Homestead Act

What is a requirement in use?

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#Gilded Age-Homestead Act