Unit 4 Part 1-2 Review

To find Gold, many people moved to...

• California

• Texas

• Eastern States

• Minnesota

As Americans migrated to the West in the 1800s conflict occurred between settlers and _____________________

• Englishmen

• Indigenous people

• California Mexicans

• Spaniards

When a group gets absorbed into another groups culture, this term would be called what?

• assimilation

• nativism

• war

• expansion

The opportunity to own land for a small fee and agree to work on it for 5 years was created by...

• The Dawes Act

• Exodusters

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Homestead Act

Which of these is an example of an opportunity in the West?

• Native Americans being pushed onto reservations

• Settlers and Cowboys facing terrible weather conditions

• Railroad Owners given land and loans by the Pacific Railway Act

• African Americans being targets of racism

Which of these is an example of conflict in the West for Americans?

• Abundant jobs available on working on the railroads.

• Exodusters forming all-black communities

• Railroads charging high prices for farmers to ship their goods

• Indigenous people were able to work successfully in agriculture fields

Which of these is an example of a push factor?

• abundant jobs

• higher paying jobs

• religious persecution

• lots of resources

Which of these is an example of a pull factor?

• Mafia violence

• more jobs

• pogroms

• famine

Which of these actions toward the Chinese do NOT promote the idea of nativism?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• setting up Angel Island immigration Station

• mob violence toward Chinese immigrants

• Many businesses hired Chinese workers

Angel Island differed from Ellis Island because at Angel Island

• they went through medical and legal inspections

• they received immigrants

• it's purpose was to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act

• was a port of entry into the U.S.