Westward Movement and Immigration
Westward
Movement and
Immigration
What was the 1862
Homestead Act?
• Law that gave free public land to settlers in the western territories
•
Settlers promised to live on and farm this land for five years
What was the job of late 19th century cowboys?
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Cattle drives
What three cities in the
Midwest became centers of the meatpacking industry?
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Kansas City
•
Omaha
•
Chicago
What regions of the
U.S. were settled during the late 19th century?
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The Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains
What 2 new technologies in the late 19th century opened new Western lands?
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Railroads
•
Mechanical Reaper
What crop did the mechanical reaper harvest?
•
Wheat
When was the Old
Immigration?
•
Before 1880
From what region of the world did immigrants come during the Old
Immigration?
•
Northern and
Western Europe
From what countries did the immigrants come during the
Old Immigration?
•
Great Britain
•
Ireland
•
Germany
• Scandinavia (Norway & Sweden)
When was the New
Immigration?
•
1880-World War I
From what region of the world did the New
Immigrants come?
•
Eastern and
Southern Europe
From what countries did the immigrants come during the
New Immigration?
• Russia
•
Italy
•
Poland
What did Chinese immigrants help build?
•
Transcontinental railroad
What two laws limited immigration to the
U.S.?
•
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
•
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
