Transcontinental RR
The Transcontinental RR was constructed between the years 1863-_____
1869
The name of the immigration station in New York
Ellis Island
Define urbanization
the process of a city growing (population, jobs, buildings, etc)
Name one immigrant group that worked on the Transcontinental RR
Chinese and Irish immigrants
This served as a symbol of hope for a better life for immigrants and was gifted to the U.S. by France in 1886
Statue of Liberty
Small and crowded apartments designed to house multiple families
Tenements
Name the Chief of the Lakota-Sioux tribe
Sitting Bull
This law limited the number of immigrants from any country to 3% of the people from that country already living in the U.S.
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
What country did Jacob Riis come from?
denmark
The Transcontinental RR increased trade and commerce along with increasing ________ ________
Westward expansion
This law lowered the quota of immigrants to 2% and used the 1890 census as a baseline
Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act)
Name of Jacob Riis' book exposing the living conditions of the poor in NYC
How the Other Half Lives
The Fort Laramie Treaty granted Native Americans land in what specific area?
The Black Hills (modern day South Dakota)
Both the Emergency Quota Acts and Immigration Act were part of which larger piece of legislation?
The Quota Acts
Name one impact of Jacob Riis' book.
The state of NY required landlords to put indoor bathrooms in all tenements