FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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The Interstate Commerce Act encouraged entrepreneurs to build factories on land bought from Native Americans.
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The federal government purchased most land owned by Native Americans through the Homestead Act.
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Many Native Americans gave up farming because the Morrill Act provided free training in skilled trades.
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The Dawes Act allowed the federal government to sell surplus land to non-Native Americans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Native American landholdings fell from 138 million acres in 1887 to 48 million acres in 1934. What explains the reduction in the amount of land owned by Native Americans during this time? The federal government purchased most land owned by Native Americans through the Homestead Act.
Detailed explanation-2: -’Angel Island’: Ellis Island Of The West At least 400 Mexicans entered the United States via Angel Island during the Mexican Revolution. Of the 300, 000 immigrants who passed through the Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940, approximately 85, 000 were Japanese.
Detailed explanation-3: -Completing the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 was a major milestone, making it easier to transport people, raw materials, and products. The United States also had vast human resources: between 1860 and 1900, fourteen million immigrants came to the country, providing workers for an array of industries.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of Edison’s most revolutionary inventions was the electric light bulb. Not only did this development allow factories to be lit and operate twenty-four hours a day, but the light bulb also illuminated buildings, streets, and neighborhoods across the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following was a central cause of the failure of the Dawes Severalty Act? The 160 acres promised to Native Americans lacked value and was sometimes stolen by land speculators.