| A | B |
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| What was the only way to get cattle to the market? | cattle drives |
| What was the Homestead Act? | gave free public land in the west |
| In particular, what two groups moved west? | Southerners and African Americans |
| What made farming more prosperous? | mechanical reaper |
| In sum, what happened to the Native Americans? | relocated to reservations |
| What is an immigrant? | a person who relocates to a new country |
| Who came during Old Immigration? | Northern and Western Europe |
| Name a country of Old Immigration | Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway , Sweden |
| Who came during New Immigration to the East Coast? | Southern and Eastern Europe |
| name a country that came during New Immigration to the East Coast | Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, and present day Hungary and Yugoslavia |
| Who came during New Immigration to the West Coast? and give a country | Asia, Japan and China |
| Where do immigrants enter on the East Coast? | Ellis Island |
| What is the first view for immigrants on the East Coast | Statue of Liberty |
| Who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad? | Chinese Immigrants |
| What is assimilation? | to become one |
| Why was there fear and resentment for immigrants? | they would take jobs for less pay |
| What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? | 1. prohibited Chinese Immigration, 2. Chinese immigrants could not become citizens |
| What is urbanization? | the growth of cities |
| What was the Immigration Restriction Act? | set a limit/quota on the amount of immigrants |
| Define laissez faire | hands off, no government regulation |
| Because of new inventions, what do people have more time for? | leisure activities, such as Vaudeville shows Minstrel Shows Amusement parks and fairs sporting events such as baseball |
| Andrew Carnegie | Steel |
| JP Morgan | Finance/banks |
| JD Rockefeller | oil |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | railroads |
| Madame CJ Walker | cosmetics |
| Henry Bessemer | steel process |
| Lewis Latimer | filament light bulb |
| Alexander Graham Bell | telephone |
| Thomas Edison | electricity/light bulb |
| Wright Brothers | Airplane |
| Henry Ford | Assembly line |
