Patterns of Immigration
This group was most responsible for the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chinese immigrants
Which group would disagree with this statement?
"Owning a plot of land provides a sense of freedom."
Plains Indians
How did the Hawaiian Islands become part of the United States?
The US annexed Hawaii
Government non-interference with business is known by this French Phrase.
laissez-faire
What biological order do frogs belong to?
Amphibians
This was how the US government enticed the Railway companies to complete the transcontinental railroad.
by offering land subsidies
What is an important aspect of industrialization?
Privately owned businesses, Laisse-faire, natural resources.
What was a result of the Spanish-American War?
Cuba Independence, Puerto Rico indepenence.
What were the motivating forces for the Progressive Era?
Racial prejudice, business monopolies, environmental destruction.
Pickles start out as which vegetable?
Cucumber
What group of people was negatively affected by the transcontinental railroad?
Plains Indians
What was a negative affect of the rapid growth of cities due to industrialization?
Crowded tenement housing
Who gained the most from the opening of the Panama canal?
US shipping companies
What is true of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie in their later years?
They used their wealth to improve the lives of many people.
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
Under the Indian Removal Act of 1830, what was promised to American Indians?
land in the Great Plains
Labor Unions represent the interests of what group?
How did the US entry into World War 1 affect the outcome?
US soldiers and equipment weakened the Germans.
Which reform movement was the focus of the NAACP?
Equal Rights
What is your body's largest organ?
Skin
What did assimilation require of immigrants?
adapting to a new way of life
Between 1880 and 1920, Europeans’ introduction to the United States was where?
Ellis Island.
What did the United States hope to achieve through expansionism?
new markets for U.S. goods
Which of these was the result of the efforts of Alice Paul and the National Women’s Party?
Women across the country voted in national elections.
How many bones do sharks have?
None