HISTORY HIS-144The Legacy of the Progressive Era{ Graded A}

HISTORY HIS-144The Legacy of the Progressive Era{ Graded A} Pre-Columbian civilizations were based upon and sustained by what? - Agriculture How did African slave introduced into the colonies effect the colonies? What regions received the most slaves? Least? - Most in the South and least in the north. Also most went to Caribbean and South America. It was all based on money if more slaves worked in the fields, the land owner would make more money for selling the product. What was the primary reasons for European countries to explore other lands? - Separate themselves from the Church of England What is the Columbian Exchange? What did it do to Europe and North America? - Columbian Exchange is the exchange of that happened between the old and new world. It exchanged things such as fall harvest foods, fruit, and diseases between the two countries. Why did many young nobles migrate to the colonies? - 1. Desire to spread Christianity 2. Trade/wealthy merchants 3. Didn't want to be part of the Church of England What did some of the English settlers at Jamestown not want to do? - They didn't want to be apart of the Church of England because it was too corrupt, they made the Mayflower compact to protect them from eviction. When did the population of colonist become a catalysts to expansion in the West? - 1820 Why did the Spanish not develop deep roots in North America? - The Spanish sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish permanent colonies. By 1860, how many foreign-born immigrants populated the country? From what countries did most come from? - 5 million; Irish, Germans, Scandinavians, and Chinese Newspapers in the early to mis 1800s were finance by whom? - By political parties The potato famine of the 1840s caused how many Irish immigrants to the U.S.? - 1 million What caused New York City to become the largest city in the 1800s? - The immigrants, most came through Ellis Island in NY How did the Americans respond to immigrants in the mis 19th century who were not of English descent? - 1. Restricted immigration according to nationality 2. Capped at 350 K per year 3. Excluded any asians from immigration What disadvantages did immigrants coming to America have? Education? Skills? Language? Ect? - 1. Poor/ no money 2. education 3. pop. growth/urban crowding 4. language 5. skills 6. disease What were the major reasons for Eastern, Central, and Southern European immigrants to come to the U.S.? - U.S. promised liberty and better economies, Immigrants came because of European population growth, urban crowding due to industrial revolution, and anti-sernitism In the late 1800s and the early 1900s, how many immigrants arrive on US shores? - 25 million Buildings which many immigrants lived in were called "tenements." What were their characteristics? - -high-rise, multi-unit building -often no plumbing -no heat -no indoor water supply -thin walls -no windows -disease-typhoid What was the "Red Scare" of the early 1099s and what happened during that time? Where was it mostly located? - The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This "scare" was caused by the fears of subversion by communists in the U.S. after the Russian Revolution. What was/is Americanization? - The notion that immigrants should leave behind the ways of the old world, blend into American culture. What was the U.S policy toward immigration in 1924? - 1924 National Origins Act -restricted immigration according to nationality -capped at 350 k per year - Excluded any asians from immigration -Chinese excursion Act of 1882 repeated in 1943 Basically a system of national quotas that blatantly discriminated against immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe and virtually excluded Asians.