Vocabulary
The belief that the US is destined to take over the west is called...
Manifest Destiny
Who lost their homeland as the US expanded their territory to the west?
Native Americans
What is a name for someone who permanently moves to another country?
Immigrant
This railroad line made travel to the west significantly easier
Transcontinental Railroad
What major landmark did most immigrants see as they reached Ellis Island?
Statue of Liberty
Immigrants in the late 1800s from non-English speaking countries such as Italy, Russia, and Poland were known as ...
New Immigrants
Which animal was valuable for food, clothing, and homes for Native Americans on the Great Plains?
The buffalo
Something bad that makes someone want to leave their home country is a...
Push Factor
This act promised land in the west to people who promised to live on and farm that land
Homestead Act
What year was the Homestead Act passed?
1862
This immigration center in New York City was where immigrants from Europe were processed before being allowed in the US.
Ellis Island
Native Americans were forcibly sent to schools called...
Boarding Schools
Something good about a new country that makes people want to move there is called a...
Pull Factor
This Great Plains animal nearly went extinct due to American hunters.
The buffalo
What state did most Chinese immigrants move to?
California
The process of one culture being taken in by another culture (like the Native Americans being made to look like white Americans) is called...
Assimilation
Through this process, the US government looked to make all Native Americans look and act like white Americans
Assimilation
Someone who is not welcoming to an immigrant is a...
Nativist
What did most homesteaders do to make money?
Farm crops
What is the name for the bottom of the ship where most immigrants traveled in?
Steerage
Someone who did not support immigration is a...
Nativist
What is a place where Native Americans were forced to move to called...
Reservation
Where did Chinese immigrants go for processing?
Angel Island
Immigrants from which country in Asia helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?
China
This former boarding school student played professional baseball and football and won 2 Olympic gold medals.
Jim Thorpe