lesson 12 Change in conflict in the American West

Question 1

assimilation

Answer 1

forcing American indians to be apart of white culture.
Bording schools

Question 2

Chisholm Trail, when

Answer 2

the cattle-drive trail from San Antonio, Texas, to Abilene, Kansas, 1867

Question 3

Dawes Act, when

Answer 3

an 1887 federal law distributing land to Indigenous individuals rather than to tribes, thereby encouraging Indigenous people to become assimilated

Question 4

Exodusters

Answer 4

Mass EXIT Freedman’s from the south promised land and money

Question 5

gold standard

Answer 5

a monetary policy requiring that every paper dollar in circulation be backed by a dollar’s worth of gold in the U.S. Treasury

Question 6

Homestead Act, when

Answer 6

an 1862 federal law that granted tracts of land called homesteads to western settlers who agreed to work the land and live on it for five years

Question 7

lobbyist

Answer 7

a person who tries to persuade legislators to pass laws favorable to a particular group

Question 8

monetary policy

Answer 8

government policy aimed at controlling the supply and value of a country’s currency

Question 9

populism

Answer 9

a political philosophy that favors the common person’s interests over those of wealthy people or business interests

Question 10

Populist Party, when

Answer 10

a political party founded in 1892 calling for policies to help working people, such as government ownership of railroads and coinage of silver

Question 11

reservation

Answer 11

an area of federal land reserved for Indigenous tribes after they were forced from there own land. Trail of tears.

Question 12

transcontinental railroad

Answer 12

a railroad that spans the continent

Question 13

vaquero

Answer 13

a Mexican cowboy