Immigration
What is Immigration?
The act of moving to another country with the intention of living there permanently.
What is Nativism
An anti-immigration movement favoring the interests of native-born Americans.
What animal was central to the culture and survival of Plains Indians?
Buffalo
What type of environment encouraged ranching in western Texas?
Dry Grasslands
What two companies constructed the first Transcontinental Railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Are natural disasters push or pull factors?
Push Factors
What immigration station was located in San Francisco, California?
Angel Island
What spiritual movement sought the return of buffalo and ancestors and the defeat of the United States?
The Ghost Dance
Name one state identified in the study guide as part of the Great Plains.
Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota.
What inventions were most responsible for ending the open western frontier?
Rail road, barbed wire, telegram wire
What are two examples of pull factors?
Job opportunities and reuniting with family.
Which immigrant group primarily entered through Angel Island?
Chinese Immigrants
What massacre is identified as the beginning of the American Indian Wars?
Sand Creek
What did cowboys use to protect their cattle herds?
Firearms
How did Manifest Destiny affect Native Americans living in western territories?
Many Native Americans were forced off their ancestral lands, relocated to reservations, and involved in conflicts with settlers and the U.S. military.
What regions did Old Immigrants generally come from?
Northern and Western Europe before 1890.
What immigration station in New York Harbor processed millions of immigrants entering the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Ellis Island
What event is identified as bringing the American Indian Wars to an end?
Wounded Knee
Under the Homestead Act, how many acres could qualifying settlers receive?
160 acres
What was one major reason the United States wanted to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
To connect the eastern and western United States and make transportation of people and goods easier.
How were New Immigrants different from Old Immigrants?
New Immigrants came primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe after 1890; Old Immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe before 1890.
What term describes the process of immigrants adopting the language, customs, and traditions of their new country?
Name three things central to Plains Indian culture, besides land ownership.
Extended family, horses, and buffalo.
What did settlers have to do and for how long to qualify for land under the Homestead Act?
Settle the land and take care of it for 5 years.
How did barbed wire change ranching and the open range?
It allowed landowners to fence off property and restrict cattle movement.