exonomu (immigration and agricylutir snd urbanisation)

Question 1

give 3 push factors for immigration

Answer 1

no jobs, overpopulation, persecution

Question 2

give 3 pull factors for immigration

Answer 2

growing economy, propaganda (american dream) and job opportunities

Question 3

how much if the labour force in manufacturing were immigrants in 1890

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

define nativism

Answer 4

the policy of protecting interests of native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

Question 5

give an act and an event that affected agriculture and urbanisation

Answer 5

Homestead Act 1862
Oklahoma Land Rush 1889

Question 6

what was the Homestead Act and when was it

Answer 6

1862; 160 acres of land to any claimant who would live and farm on it for 4 years; at end could buy for $30

Question 7

why was the Homestead Act passed

Answer 7

to help increase western settlement

Question 8

how many claims under the homestead act

Answer 8

1.6 mil

Question 9

what act allowed the oklahoma land rush to occur

Answer 9

the Dawes Act 1887

Question 10

when was the oklahoma land rush and what happened

Answer 10

1889; 7 land rushes to claim acres of land 2 mill claimed

Question 11

when was the largest land rush and how much was claimed and how many ppl were there

Answer 11

1893 with 8 mil acres and 100,000 ppl

Question 12

when was the Dawes act and what did it do

Answer 12

ended reservations and divided land into 160 acre sections; each NA family got a section but many sold and the rest sold under homestead act

Question 13

what does the homestead act and oklahoma land rush show the us gov to be encouraging

Answer 13

us gov is encouraging manifest destiny, colonisation and is doing so to crate more agriculture and boost economy to feed growing population

Question 14

describe 2 strengths of the norths agricultural conditions

Answer 14

• major cities eg Chicago and Pittsburgh were wide distribution network hubs
• access to railroads and could set freight rates high

Question 15

describe a weakness of the north easts agricultural conditions

Answer 15

dependant on market forces it could not control

Question 16

give 3 strengths if the south’s agricultural conditions

Answer 16

• railroad expansion
• cotton, tobacco and sugar remained major commodities for exports
• trade/shipping expanded in ports eg Mobile, Alabama

Question 17

give 4 weaknesses of the south’s agricultural conditions

Answer 17

• lagging economy
• 1879 thousands of black farmers moved to Kansas for greater opportunity
• reconstruction did not break down economy structure or dominance of ruling elite
• small farmers struggled to get loans or get produce to marketv

Question 18

give 3 strengths if the Wests agricultural conditions

Answer 18

• Homestead Act and OLR inc settlers
• access to Transcontinental Railroad
• by 1890 28,500 farmers and 19.8 mil acres under cultivation

Question 19

give 3 weaknesses of the wests agricultural conditions

Answer 19

• isolated and hard to live on
• had to import special red wheat sue to conditions
• not all homesteaders survived 4 years

Question 20

give 4 reasons agriculture developed in the GA

Answer 20

• development of transcontinental rr 1869
• inc demand for food esp beef
• abundance of natural resources
• role of gov (HSA and OLR)

Question 21

give 3 push factors that caused urbanisation

Answer 21

• glut of cotton inc unemployment in south
• terror of KKK and limitation of rights
• farmers broke due to growing debts

Question 22

give 3 pull factors which caused urbanisation

Answer 22

• good railway connections
• growing industries eg oil and steel
• lots of job opportunity in mills and mines

Question 23

give 3 effects of urbanisation

Answer 23

• influx of immigrants led to hasty construction of poor housing
• corrupt gov; mayors would provide jobs for immigrants or AA in return for votes
• racism to immigrants and AA more prominent