Unit 1 Assessment Review

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The purpose of the Homestead Act was to develop the West by providing inexpensive land to settlers.

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True

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What is the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?

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To aid in the construction of Railroads through grants to railroad companies, they promoted the expansion

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Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?

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They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs.

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Why was the compromise of 1877 important?

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The compromise of 1877 was important because it settled the dispute of the 1876 election and Republicans agreed to pull troops out of the South during the end of the Reconstruction era.

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Why did the Populist party believe there needed to be reform?

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Farmers produce food that all Americans depend on, they need to be able to keep their farms running.

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The second half of the 1800s saw a large increase in migration from the rural parts of the country to the urban areas because

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There were more job opportunities in the cities

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Where did the New Immigrants come from?

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Eastern/southern Europe

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The Dawes Act ended the reservation system, forced assimilation, and provided 160 acres of land to Native Americans.

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True

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A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...

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competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers

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Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

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closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years