WorksheetsUnit 2 Migration and Settlement Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is considered a push factor for immigration?
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom
War
Better wages
Define migration.
What is the name of the main path that Americans used to travel west?
The California Trail
The Idaho Trail
The Washington Trail
The Oregon Trail
Define pull factors.
Which of the following would be a pull factor for immigration?
Civil/ political rights
Poverty
Natural disasters
Discrimination
What was the name of the movement in which Americans believed that it was their “God-given right” to move West?
Populist Movement
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
Homestead Act
Define push factors.
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act, eventually causing which event?
Sand Creek Massacre
Great Migration
Oregon Trail
Trail of Tears
To further remove Native Americans, the U.S. government waged “total war” on native nations, which resulted in the mass killing of which animal?
Moose
Bison
Elk
Deer
Define immigration.
The discovery of gold in California in 1848 would cause mass migration primarily from which country?
France
Mexico
Japan
China
Define emmigration.
Which piece of legislation gave Americans 160 acres of public land in the West, so long as they agreed to live on and improve the land?
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Civil Rights Act
Morrill Land Grant Act
The first wave of immigration (1600-1775) would primarily be from which two European countries?
Germany and Russia
Spain and Portugal
Great Britain and France
Italy and Poland
Explain two push factors and two pull factors that caused African-Americans to move from the south to the North during the Great Migration. This could include factors from both waves.
Which area of the world did most immigrate to the United States from during the third wave of immigration (1890-1914)?
North Africa
Southeastern Europe
Southwestern Asia
Western Europe
What was the name of the migration movement where African-Americans migrated from the South to the Northern and Western United States?
Great Depression
Great Migration
Trail of Tears
California Gold Rush
The re-birth of African-American culture and pride was referred to as the...
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Movement
Civil Rights Movement
New York Renaissance
List the pros and cons of Manifest Destiny. Make a list of both the good and the bad effects of this ideology.
Was the concept of “manifest destiny” justified? Explain.
Following World War II, what region in the U.S. experiences a constant influx of migration?
The Corn Belt
The Rust Belt
The Jello Belt
The Sun Belt
Why do people keep migrate to the Sun Belt in the United States? Explain both push and pull factors.
The second wave of immigration (1820-1870) would primarily be made up of which ethnicities?
French and Romanian
Austrian and Hungarian
Irish and German
Italian and Polish
