Westward expansion and immigration quiz #1 Flashcards
Immigrate
To move To another place
Emigrate
To move from another place
Push factors
Factors that push you out of a country
Pull factors
Reasons to attract somebody to immigrate
Assimilation
To adopt culture, taste and habits of how a new country,leaving ones old identity behind
What was the Louisiana purchase?
When the US bought all of the french territory for only 15 million dollars instead of buying New Orleans just for 10 million (3 cents per acre).
Manifest destiny
Obvious fate
What was the Texas annex?
When the republic of Texas (a private country) was annexed and became part of the US
What was the Mexican Cession?
When we went to war with Mexico, won, payed 18 million dollars and to California, which was good for oil and gold
What was the Alaska purchase?
When we got Alaska for 7.2 million dollars from Russia
How did we get Hawaii?
Hawaii was a private country, then we annexed it to get pineapples
How did the US get Iowa, Washington and Oregon?
We made a deal with British Columbia, they got Vancouver and up, we got IA, WA and OR
What was the sailship wave?
When we got so many immigrants, Germany, China and Ireland
What was the potato famine?
A famine that rotted potatoes all over Ireland and caused many deaths and diseases
What caused the potato famine and was it a push or a pull factor?
Winds caused the famine and it was a push factor
What type of jobs did immigrants get and where did the Irish typically settle?
They were laborers and the Irish typically settled in New York/Boston
What was the largest group of immigrants?
The Germans
Why did the Germans come?
The black plague
What were the pull factors for Germans?
Economic opportunity
Naturalize
To emmit a foreigner
Nativism
In favor of native born team
Xenophobia
Fear/ hatred of foreigners
Why did the Chinese come to America?
Jobs, gold, transcontinental railroad
Why did we kick the Chinese out of America?
Because they took the American jobs
