Unit 2 Review: Re-Emerging America Summer 24

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As a result of westward expansion, which group of people lost their land and their main source of food, the buffalo?

• American settlers
• U.S. soldiers
• Native Americans

How did the transcontinental railroad affect westward expansion

• it encouraged westward expansion (the train was much better than taking a covered wagon).
• it discouraged westward expansion because the train was so expensive and was very dangerous
• the transcontinental railroad did not affect westward expansion

The two pictures below show the expansion of railroads into the West. How did these railroads help farmers in the West earn money?

• they travel by train to visit family members in the East
• they could order convenient inventions like toasters and radios and have them shipped by train
• they could use the trains to transport their crops to distant markets to be sold

Why did African Americans called the Exodusters migrate west to Kansas?

• to get away from the horrors of working in East Coast factories.
• to get away from conditions like segregation and poverty in the South.
• to escape from slavery

The Homestead Act . . .

• led to the settlement of frontier regions in the West
• involved the government selling plots of land at high prices
• encouraged more people to move to the East to work in factories

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• allowed for an increase in Chinese immigration to the United States
• banned Chinese immigration to the United States
• made it easier for Chinese immigrants to become citizens

A reason for the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act was . . .

• American business owners didn't like that the Chinese workers demanded high wages
• Americans were welcoming to all immigrants of all races
• Americans didn't like having to compete with the Chinese immigrants for jobs

Why was immigration needed for industrialization?

• Different languages brought different perspectives.
• Large numbers of immigrants worked in American factories
• A lot of stock in American corporations was sold to newly arrived immigrants.