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WESTWARD MOVEMENT

What two water boundaries marked the area of western expansion?

Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

Years just before and after the Civil War were known as the era of the American____ ?

Cowboy

How did the cowboy get the cattle to market?

Long cattle drives over unfenced land.

What brought about the end of the open ranges?

The invention of barbed wire

What did the west have to offer many people?

A chance to rebuild their lives and start anew.

Many ___and____move west to seek new opportunities?

Freed slaves and southerners

In 1862 the U.S. government gave away land in the west to those willing to settle there. What was the name of the act?

Homestead

IMMIGRATION

Before 1871, most immigrants came to the United States from what parts of Europe?

Northern and Western Europe

What were some of the countries?

England, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden

From 1871 to 1921 the majority of immigrants came from___?

Southern and Eastern Europe AND Asia

What were some of the European countries?

Italy ,Greece, Poland, Russia, Hungary,and Yugoslavia

Many immigrants also came from these two Asian countries?

China and Japan

Immigrants made valuable contributions to the _____growth of the country.

Industrial

The Chinese were very instrumental in the construction of the______Railroad.

Transcontinental

Immigrants worked in the textile mills in the ____and in the clothing industries in ____?

Northeast and New York City

Slavs, Italians, and Poles worked in the ____mines in the east?

Coal

Most immigrants worked for very___wages and in very _____working conditions.

Low and dangerous

Accepting the beliefs and cultures of other Americans was known as?

Assimilation

Because of all the different types of people coming into the United States it became known as the___?

Melting Pot

How did the immigrants settle in the cities?

With their own ethnic group.

The public ____played an essential role in the process of assimilation.

Schools

Despite their many contributions, the immigrants still faced many______?

PREJUDICES

Many of the prejudices were based upon____and_____?

Religious and cultural differences.

Because of much tension and mounting resentment, Congress first passed the_____?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

And later in 1921?

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

These two pieces of legislation will bring immigration to a standstill for the next couple of decades.