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This invention helped farmers keep their cattle together and also marked property lines without the use of trees.

Barbed wire

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?”

Construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River

“Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?”

Nativism

What is the Quota System?”

A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America.

“What processing station did immigrants go through on the WEST coast?”

Angel island

What processing station did immigrants go through on the WEST coast?”

Angel island

What processing station did immigrants go through on the WEST coast?”

Angel island

Who immigrated to Angel Island?”

Chinese

Who is the author of ‘The New Colossus’?

Emma Lazarus

“Which of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century?”

Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.

What is a tenement?”

Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings.

“War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of…”

Push factors

“Which group of people was forced to assimilate to American culture?”

Native Americans

“Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870–1900?”

New agricultural technology meant less need for farm workers.

“19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?”

Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad.

“Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of…”

Pull factors

“The __________ gave settlers 160 acres of land, provided they live and farm on it for 5 years.”

Homestead act

“What key food source did the white settlers wipe out, which impacted the Native Americans greatly?”

Buffalo

“The Native Americans were forced off of their homelands onto—”

Reservations

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?”

Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years

“Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?”

Ellis island

This invention helped farmers keep their cattle together and also marked property lines without the use of trees.

Barbed wire