Chapter 6 - Lesson 2

Question 1

What do you call people who move from one country to settle in a different country?

Answer 1

Immigrants

Question 2

The first immigrants in the Americas were from

Answer 2

Spain, France and England

Question 3

IN 1783, we won our Freedom from Great Britain. The nation was made up of ___ states, all in the east.

Answer 3

13

Question 4

What made the West attractive for settling?

Answer 4

1. Huge, open land with many rivers and mountains
2. soil was rich for farming
3. gold could be found in streams and rocks
4. silver and other minerals were also found

Question 5

Who was the German immigrant who built many bridges in US?

Answer 5

John Roebling (Brooklyn Bridge)

Question 6

Most of the European immigrants sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and into New York Harbor. What was the one thing they saw that, until today, welcomes new immigrants?

Answer 6

Statue of Liberty

Question 7

As more people came to settle and cities became crowded, people looked for more land in the

Answer 7

American Frontier

Question 8

What is a frontier?

Answer 8

a region that forms the edge of a settled area

Question 9

What explorer helped navigate the dangerous frontiers?

Answer 9

Daniel Boone

Question 10

What is the Cumberland Gap Trail

Answer 10

Trail used by American Indians through the Cumberland mountains

Question 11

What did Daniel Boone do, together with 28 men?

Answer 11

Widen the Cumberland Gap Trail an d add new paths so that wagons could go through it

Question 12

Who explored the Mississippi River?

Answer 12

Zebulon Pike

Question 13

Who explored Tennessee?

Answer 13

Davy Crockett

Question 14

What is a homestead?

Answer 14

An area that includes a house and its buuildings

Question 15

What was the Homestead Act?

Answer 15

It made it possible for American to get 160 acres for very little money. It helped people settle land in the West and add new states to the country

Question 16

What were the conditions of the Homestead Act

Answer 16

That a person build a house and live on the land for 5 years. After that, the land was theirs.

Question 17

Homestead life was difficult because

Answer 17

1. Homes were built by materials they could find
2. Neighbors were far away from each other so hard to get help
3. grew their own food
4. carried water in buckets

Question 18

What was the Gold Rush?

Answer 18

Event in California where people traveled from many different places in search of gold

Question 19

Which immigrants came during the gold rush?

Answer 19

Immigrants from China

Question 20

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Answer 20

in 1882, it stopped immigration from China for a period of ten years. Some Americans thought they were taking too many jobs from them

Question 21

In 1880 Japan allowed its citizens in immigrate to America. Where did they live?

Answer 21

Primarily California and Hawaii. Most worked on farms or fished.