Immigration
This island on the east coast was the first stop for many European immigrants coming to America.
Ellis Island
The railroad that connected the eastern United States to the western United States is called the ____.
Transcontinental Railroad
Large animals that roamed the Great Plains and were central to many Plains tribes’ ways of life.
Buffalo
A positive factor that brings someone to a new country.
Pull factor
People who dug for gold and created boom towns were called ____.
Miners
This west coast island processed many immigrants from Asia.
Angel Island
A main reason the Transcontinental Railroad was built
After westward expansion, the U.S. government forced many Native Americans to live on these places.
Reservations
A short phrase for reasons that make people want to leave their home country (examples: war or famine).
Push factor
People who raised cattle on the Great Plains and hired cowboys to move them were called ____.
Ranchers
How were Chinese immigrants treated after the Transcontinental Railroad was completed?
They were excluded, viewed suspiciously, denied basic rights
Before the railroad, how long could travel to the West take?
Explain how the killing of buffalo affected Native American tribes who depended on them
With fewer buffalo, tribes lost food, shelter, and materials, harming their way of life
Give one example of a push factor that forced people to leave their home country.
War, famine, no jobs, natural disaster, etc
The name for African Americans who moved west after the Civil War seeking land and opportunity is the ____.
Exodusters
Name two contributions immigrants brought to the growth of the United States (culture or labor).
New food, culture, customs, etc
Name one way the Transcontinental Railroad changed travel or business in the United States.
faster trade, growth of towns, easier travel
Why did reformers send Native American children to boarding schools?
Reformers thought schools would make children learn "ways of the white man" (assimilation)
Give one example of a pull factor that lured people to America (besides job opportunities).
Religious freedom, political freedom, opportunity to own land
Which two railroad companies built the Transcontinental Railroad (one started in the east; one started in the west)?
Union Pacific (east) and Central Pacific (west)
Explain why Americans passed laws to restrict Chinese immigration after the Transcontinental Railroad was finished.
After the railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment and laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act limited immigration because many blamed Chinese workers for taking jobs and were prejudiced.
Describe one positive and one negative impact the railroad had on people or the environment
Positive—faster travel and trade
Negative—environmental damage and displacement of people. Native Americans & Buffalo
Describe how the building of railroads and settlement led to loss of Native American homelands
Railroads and settlers took land, forcing removals to reservations and loss of traditional homelands.
Choose one push or pull factor: explain why it would cause someone to immigrate to America.
Answers may vary. Opportunity to own land could pull a family seeking a better future. War would cause someone to want to find a country at peace to live in.
Choose one group below (Homesteaders, Immigrants, Ranchers/Cowboys, or Native Americans). Describe one major way westward expansion helped OR harmed that group.
Answers may vary. Ex: Homesteaders got lots of land.