homestead Act
made in 1862
160 acres free to head of family
yellowstone national park created in 1872
Problems on the plains
dugouts and soddies
women work
machinery
farmer debt
bonanza farms (1870-1890)
LABOR UNIONS
purpose- workers from related fields who have come together to protect and further their rights and interests.
The workers included- skilled and unskilled, female and male, and blacks and whites.
Immigration
Who- Europeans, Chinese, Japanese.
Where- firs was west and north than 1890- south and east europe, italy, austria- Hungary, russia, jamaica, cuba, puerto rico, more islands.
Important
United states' annexation of Hawaii in 1898- Chinese to west Coast
Facts
In 1907 over one million people immigrated.
chinese helped us but also hurt us.
By 1920 more than 200,000 Japanese lived on the west coast.
W.A.S.P White, Anglo, Saxons, Protestant.
Challenges- Long trip, hatred, and unhealthy living conditions.
Ellis Island- 12 million, 62 years.
Examined.
Angel Island- The Page Act, and the Exclusion Act
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