History Exam Questions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is a factor for people to leave a place? | push factor |
| What is a factor that draws people to a place? | pull factor |
| What describes organized attacks on Russian Jews? | pogroms |
| What other Eastern European religious group was persecuted until they left for America? | Armenian Christians |
| What is not a freedom that was sought by immigrants coming to the US? | mental |
| In which part of ships were most immigrants forced to travel? | steerage |
| What was the port into which immigrants would enter the US on the east coast? | Ellis Island |
| What was the port into which immigrants would enter the US on the west coast? | Angel Island |
| What was the port into which most German immigrants entered the US? | Galveston, TX |
| What landmark, given by the French, was a symbol that immigrants had made it to the New York Harbor and the US? | Statue of Liberty |
| What was the biggest obstacle to the immigrants' health examinations and name checks when they entered the US through Ellis Island or Angel Island? | language barrier |
| What was a reason that immigrants settled in cities? | plenty of jobs |
| Name examples of immigrant neighborhoods in the US. | Little Italy, Chinatown, Germantown |
| What is the process of becoming a part of a different culture? | acculturation |
| What describes those that were not in favor of immigration? | nativists |
| What was used as an argument against immigration? | taking jobs |
| What nationality was barred from entry into the United States? | Chinese |
| Who opened up Japan to trade with the west? | Commodore Matthew Perry |
| What US territory was purchased from Russia? | Alaska |
| What is Alaska's most valuable resource? | oil |
| What was necessary to protect our international sea trade? | navy |
| This group of islands was named because it was half way between North America and Asia. | Midway Islands |
| What was used as the central base for the US Navy in the Pacific? | Hawaiian Islands |
| What is the name of the harbor in Hawaii that served as the home of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet? | Pearl Harbor |
| The Spanish-American War was fought over the independence of what Caribbean nation? | Cuba |
| What battleship exploded and caused the entry of the US into the Spanish-American War? | USS Maine |
| What two territories were given, not bought by, the US after they defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War? | Puerto Rico & Guam |
| What was purchased by the US from Spain after the Spanish-American War? | Philippines |
| What was the first country to try and build the Panama Canal? | France |
| What was the largest obstacle in constructing the Panama Canal? | disease |
| To which country did Panama belong before it gained its independence? | Colombia |
| What two diseases created problems with construction of the Panama Canal? | malaria & yellow fever |
| What raises or lowers water levels to allow ships to change their elevation? | locks |
| While building the Panama Canal, the US created the world's largest what? | lake |
| What landform describes the area where Panama is located? | isthmus |
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