WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Immigration Act of 1882
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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Geary Act
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Gilded Age there were a large number of immigrants that were coming to North America. During the Gilded Age there were around 11.7 million people that came to America. From those 11.7 million immigrants10. 6 million of those immigrants came from Europe, which made up 90 percent of the immigration population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Congress enacts the Immigration Act of 1882 (22 Stat. 214), constituting one the first attempts at broad federal oversight of immigration.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rising demand for labor encouraged immigration. In the first few decades of the Great Wave, between 1840 and 1860, over 4 million people-a greater number than the entire national population in 1790-immigrated to the United States.