Vocabulary 1
What is exclusion?
keeping a person or a group out
What is the name for a type of wagon pulled by horses?
a stagecoach
a place where water is collected
a reservoir
what word means to send back
deport
when someone or a group of people refuse to do their job until their demands are met
strike
What was the name of the transportation method that connected the east and west of the United States?
The Transcontinental Railroad
a machine that made the job of cutting and separating grain easier
a harvester
a machine that uses electric signals to send messages instantly from place to place
telegraph
what is an aqueduct?
a pip or other system that moves water from one place to another
What do act was created to exclude Chinese people from everyday life in California?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
A woman who stood up for the rights of Chinese American school children.
Mary Tape
the use of scientific knowledge to solve problems
technology
unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristics
discrimination
What was the name of the farming community that was the earliest Japanese settlement in North America?
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony
a factor that caused immigrants to move away from their countries
a push factor (ex: unemployment, famine, war)
a person who designs things such as roads, bridges, or machines
engineer