Changes on the Western Frontier (ch.13)

Question 1

Homestead Act

Answer 1

Offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household.

Question 2

Sitting Bull

Answer 2

Leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux, never signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, in which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River.

Question 3

Assimilation

Answer 3

A plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture.

Question 4

William Jennings Bryan

Answer 4

Editor of the Omaha World-Herald delivered an impassioned address to the assembled delegates. Won the democratic nomination.

Question 5

Populism

Answer 5

The movement of the people.

Question 6

Grange

Answer 6

Patrons of Husbandry- organization for farmers- provide a social outlet and an educaitonal forum for isolated farm families.

Question 7

Identify three differences between the culture of the Native Americans and the culture of the white settlers on the Great plains.

Answer 7

NA hunted and planted crops and settled in small vilages, gathered wild foods, and traded and produced crafted tools and clothing. White settlers owned land, and strea,ed westward along railroad and wagon trails to claim the land.

Question 8

What measures did the US government take to support settlement of the frontier?

Answer 8

Homestead Act, Railroads sold land, Private speculators and railroad and state government agents used the land for their own gain.

Question 9

What economic problems confronted American farmers in the 1890s?

Answer 9

Overextended with debts and loans. Suffered from both hunger and unemployment.