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Industrial Revolution
Immigration
Gold Rush
Trail of Tears
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What is your point of view for the Industrial Revolution (all teams)
no point :)
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What is the definition of Immigrant? A-Immigrants are people who settled in a country they weren't born in. B-Immigrants are people who move state to state C- Immigrants are people who are females moving to another hemisphere.
(A) Immigrants are people who settled in a country they weren't born in.
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Where did the Gold Rush first take place? A- It started in Coloma, California in 1848. B- It started in Coloma, China in 1848. C- It started in Coloma, California in 1948.
(A) It started in Coloma, California in 1848. A man named John Sutter was building a sawmill, when he found a gold nugget.
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True of false? The trial of tears is actually made up of tears?
False! Trial of tears refers to the forced relocation of american Indian tribes during the 1830s. The us government kicked out more than 60,000 indians off their ancestral lands and made them walk nearly 2,000 kilometers west
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Explain life before the Revolution A- Food was found easily and making items was fast B- manufacturing was often done in peoples houses C- They used high tech machines
(B) Before the Revolution, manufacturing was often done in peoples houses. They used basic hand tools to build things.
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What are some of the reasons immigrants came to America? A- many of them was poor and attracted by the almost unlimited economic opportunity B- escaping religious intolerance C- All of the above
(C) Immigrants came because many of them were poor and attracted by the almost unlimited economic opportunity of a new land. Many were escaping religious intolerance in their home countries. Also they were attracted to the the space, money, and freedom.
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What are 49ers? Why are they called that? A- gold miners left home in 1849.
When America got caught in the gold fever they started to head to California. They were called 49ers, because they left home in 1849.
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What happened to 5 major tribes known as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek,and Seminole?
The us government kicked out more than 60,000 indians off their ancestral lands. they adopted to the European culture they dressed in European-style clothes, they build roads,, farms and many converted to Christianity. the Cherokee even published a newspaper and formed a government they even made a constitution modeled after the U.S Constitution
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What time era did the Industrial Revolution take place A- 18-19th century B- 19-20th century C- 20th to today
(A) The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th to the 19th century.
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Where did Immigrants have to go through? A- Ellis Island B- Ellisa Island C- Ella Island
(A)Pass through Ellis Island
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What barriers did the 49ers face in the 6 month journey? A- boredom B- food, and diseases C- all of the above
they faced months of rotten foods, seasick, diseases, and boredom. Not only that but many people died due to thirst in the western deserts.
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What is the Louisiana Purchase?
in 1803, the United States bought a huge amount of land from France, in the Louisiana Purchase
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Explain what central ideas played in the Industrial Revolution A- Food B-iron and textile industries C- cloth industries
(B) The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution improved how people were living by providing jobs and improving transportation system (made life easier)
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What is Ellis Island? A- one of the islands in the great barrier reef B- An immigration processing center C- a woman who was for women rights
Ellis Island- An immigration processing center that opened in New York Harbor in 1892, and about 12 million pass through there
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True or False- a prospector is someone who explores an area looking for minerals, such as gold. true- A false- B
a prospector is someone who explores an area looking for minerals, such as gold
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What is the Indian Removal Act?
when the Cherokee found gold in 1828, the white settlers demanded that the government do something about the Indians. so in 1830, congress passed the Indian Removal Act it was signed by President Andrew Jackson
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Is the American Dream a chance to make better lives for themselves and others? true- A false- B
(A) The American dream is to give everyone a chance to make better lives for themselves
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What are some important dates of the Gold Rush? A- 1853 the gold rush ended and 1850 CA was a state B- 1854 the gold rush ended and 1950 CA was a state
A- 1853 the gold rush ended and 1850 CA was a state
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What does the term, "Trials of Tear" actually mean? A- Where Native Americans cried B- it is a quote C- It's a law
Due to the Indian Removal Act the Indians fought and a Choctaw chief said the war and the removal of his people as a “ a trail of tears and death”