History 6.3 Quiz

Most Immigrants that came to America in the second half of the 19th century were:

• German

• Scandinavian

• Irish

• Canadian

• Dutch

____ ____ ___ kept Chinese immigrants from joining the gold mining industry.

Black Americans moving away from the south to get away from racism and poverty became known as...

Cowboys used ____ techniques for herding their cattle in the west.

Causes of Bison (Buffalo) population decreasing:

• Droughts

• Competition for forage

• Hunters

• Barbed wire fences

Broke up reservations of tribes, granting 180 acres of land to each head of a family and any land not distributed to Native Indians sold to white Americans. ​ (a)  

• Dawes Severalty Act
• Ghost Dance Act
• Wovoka Enacment
• Great Sioux War Aftermath
• Burke Act

Granted immediate citizenship to any Native Indian who took up life apart from their tribes. ​ (a)  

• Dawes Severalty Act
• Ghost Dance Act
• Wovoka Enacment
• Great Sioux War Aftermath
• Burke Act