Long answers Module 11 Lesson 3& 4

Question 1

Which Indians lived off of hunting Buffalo?

Answer 1

Plains Indians, including the Sioux, Pawnee, and Cheyenne, lived by hunting buffalo.

Question 2

What were Buffalo used for?

Answer 2

Buffalo were used for food, shelter, clothing, and utensils.

Question 3

What did the Treaty of Fort Laramie do?

Answer 3

The Treaty of Fort Laramie recognized Native American claims to the Great Plains.

Question 4

What did the Treaty of Fort Laramie allow the United States do?

Answer 4

It allowed the United States to build forts and travel across Native American lands.

Question 5

Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer 5

Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull

Question 6

What Battle was the Sioux’s last major victory?

Answer 6

Battle of Little Bighorn

Question 7

Who did the Sioux’s beat at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer 7

George Armstong Custer’s Troops

Question 8

Where did Chief Joseph and a group of Nez Perce leave to because they didn’t want to go to live on a reservation?

Answer 8

Canada

Question 9

What happened to Ghost Dance after Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890?

Answer 9

It gradually died out.

Question 10

Who started Ghost Dance?

Answer 10

Wovoka

Question 11

What two important land-grants helped open the West to settlers in 1862?

Answer 11

The Homestead and the Morrill Act

Question 12

What did the Homestead Act do?

Answer 12

The Homestead Act gave government land to farmers.

Question 13

What did the Morrill Act do?

Answer 13

The Morrill Act gave federal land to states to sell in order to fund college to teach agriculture and engineering.

Question 14

People who made new lives in the West included……

Answer 14

People who made new lives in the West included women, immigrants, and African Americans.

Question 15

What were the Great Plains known as?

Answer 15

The Breadbasket of the world

Question 16

What happened during the years 1860-1900s?

Answer 16

The population more than doubled.
The number of farms tripled.
Farmers could harvest a bushel of wheat 20 times faster in 1900 than in 1830.

Question 17

What happened when farm incomes fell?

Answer 17

More farms and greater productivity led to overproduction and lower prices.
Many farmers lost their farms and homes and became tenant farmers.
By 1880, one-fourth of all farms were rented by tenants.

Question 18

What did the Supreme Court rule?

Answer 18

In 1877 that the government could regulate railroads
In 1886 that government could regulate only companies doing business across state lines

Question 19

Why did Congress pass the Commerce Act?

Answer 19

To provide national regulations for trade

Question 20

Why did the Commerce Act work?

Answer 20

to provide national regulations for trade, but could not enforce them.

Question 21

What lead to deflation?

Answer 21

The gold standard, the money supply grew more slowly than the population, leading to deflation.

Question 22

Why did Congress pass the Sherman Sliver Purchase Act?

Answer 22

Congress passed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act to increase the amount of silver purchased for coinage

Question 23

What effect did the Sherman Silver Purchase Act have on farmers?

Answer 23

It did not help farmers much.

Question 24

Why did farmers form the Populist Party?

Answer 24

To have power and a
candidate that would represent them.

Question 25

What did the Populist Party support?

Answer 25

It supported government ownership of railroads and communication systems, free silver, and labor regulation.

Question 26

Who was the candidate for the election of 1896 that was supported by the Populist Party?

Answer 26

William Jennings Bryan

Question 27

Who was William Jennings Bryan?

Answer 27

Politician from Nebraska; served in Congress
Supported free silver coinage
Populist
Influential speaker and newspaper editor
Democratic candidate for president in 1896
Populists supported Bryan instead of splitting the silver vote.