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Go West
Immigration
Industrial Revolution
100
Contributed to the "closing of the West" by keeping cattle herds contained in one area
What is Barbed Wire.
100
Literacy tests, physical exams, and harsh questioning happened at these two places
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island.
100
Wealth of natural resources, explosion of inventions, growing urban population.
What is The Causes of the 2nd Industrial Revolution
200
The first cowboys were from this European country
What is Spain.
200
Many Chinese men came to the U.S. to mine for gold, but ended up working in this industry
What is On the Railroad
200
Oil, Coal, and Iron
What is abundant natural resources in the U.S.
300
The process of cutting deep shafts into solid rock to get iron.
What is Hard Rock Mining.
300
Prejudice against people born outside of the U.S.
What is Nativism.
300
Made from iron, and used to make railroads and skyscrapers.
What is steel.
400
Official policy that forced Native Americans to give up their culture.
What is Americanization.
400
Many Jews left eastern Europe and came to the U.S. to avoid this.
What is Religious persecution.
400
A group in society with common economic or cultural status.
What is social class.
500
Split Indian Reservations into individually owned pieces of land.
What is the Dawes Act.
500
A law passed in California because workers were worried about losing their jobs.
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act.
500
An inner city institution providing social services to the community.
What is settlement houses.