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Civics - Chapter 3 Exam Prep 2024/2025 With 100% Correct AnswersWhat is a Citizen? - ✔✔a person who is loyal to a government and is protected by that government
immigrant - ✔✔a person who moves permanently to a new country; a person who came from other
lands to live in a new country
ethnic group - ✔✔a group of people who have the same race, culture or nationality
values - ✔✔the principles or beliefs people use to make judgments and decisions
institution - ✔✔an important practice, relationship, or organization
popular sovereignty - ✔✔idea that government gets its power from the people
Why is the United States referred to as a nation of immigrants? - ✔✔Almost all of the people in
the United States come from families who once lived in another country.
Where did the first people to live in North America come from thousands of years ago? - ✔✔Asia
What do we call the first people to live in North America today? - ✔✔Native Americans
Who were the first European settlers in North America (they began moving to North America in
the 1500's) - ✔✔the Spanish
Where did the Spanish begin settling in the 1500's? - ✔✔they settled in what is now Florida and
the Southwest
In the 1600's, who settled in what is now Canada? - ✔✔the French
, Who came to live on the east coast of North America? - ✔✔the English
Who joined the English shortly after they settled in North America? - ✔✔other Europeans
Did everyone come to North America of their own free will? - ✔✔No, many Africans were
captured in their homelands and sold into slavery. Hundreds of thousands were brought to the
United States.
What year did Congress end the slave trade? - ✔✔1807
What year was gold discovered in California? - ✔✔1848
What happened after gold was discovered in California? - ✔✔Many immigrants came hoping to
get rich. Thousands of the immigrants were from China.
Immigration changed in the 1800's; what was the change? - ✔✔The new immigrants were from a
different part of Europe. They came from southern and eastern Europe. This included countries
such as Italy, Greece, Poland, and Russia
Immigration changed again in the 1900's; what was the change? - ✔✔A larger share of immigrants
began to arrive from Asia and Latin America.
Name various ethnic groups. - ✔✔Latinos (came from Latin America), African Americans, White,
Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.
Since White American's form the largest group in the United States, the other groups are called
what? - ✔✔Minority groups
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