LOOKING INTO THE WEST: TEST REVIEW

Question 1

Populist party supporters were mostly 1 who hoped that the gov would 2

Answer 1

1) Mostly farmers
2) Enforce antitrust laws

Question 2

Populists wanted 1 of transportation systems (railroads)

Answer 2

1) government ownership

Question 3

The 1 act and 2 helped fulfill the us commitment to 3

Answer 3

1) homestead
2) transcontinental rr
3) manifest destiny

Question 4

When the 1 was destroyed it forced the native Americans onto 2

Answer 4

1) Buffalo population
2) reservations

Question 5

Chief 1 of the nez perce got into violent conflicts with the 2

Answer 5

1) Joseph
2) settlers

Question 6

Eventually he too 1 would have to live on reservations

Answer 6

1) accepted the native Americans

Question 7

The 1 of the us gov led to the destruction of the native Americans

Answer 7

1) policies

Question 8

The us gov encouraged attempts to 1

Answer 8

1) take Indian lands

Question 9

One way that reformers tried to civilize native Americans is by requiring them to 1 individual plots

Answer 9

1) farm

Question 10

The initiative, referendum, recall, and direct primary are all entitled to 1 by citizens

Answer 10

1) increase participation in government

Question 11

Although settlers valued democracy they often disregarded 1

Answer 11

1) the rights of minorities

Question 12

Mid-western farmers had difficulty earning a living because the railroads 1 farm products

Answer 12

1) charged high rates for transporting farm products

Question 13

Farmers also favored 1

Answer 13

Inflation/tariffs

Question 14

At wounded knee the soldiers 1

Answer 14

Killed over 200 unarmed sioux

Question 15

A primary source is

Answer 15

Someone who was there (diary treaty maps)

Question 16

For the homesteaders, simply obtaining the 1 was a struggle

Answer 16

1) necessities to survice

Question 17

The homestead act gave settlers 1 acres of land if they farmed it for 2 years

Answer 17

1) 160
2) 5

Question 18

The populist and progressive parties were 1) parties. In some ways the populist party can be considered successful because 2

Answer 18

1) third
2) laws were eventually passed that attained their goals

Question 19

Bonanza farms

Answer 19

A business controlled farm that makes a single Cash crop

Question 20

Oversupply led to

Answer 20

Crop prices being low

Question 21

As farming became 1 production 2

Answer 21

1) Mechanized
2) increases

Question 22

Farmers favored 1 and 2

Answer 22

1) inflation
2) tariffs

Question 23

The us gov aides in the development of the west by giving land to 1

Answer 23

Railroads

Question 24

A myth about the west was that all of the settlers were adventurous, resourceful 1. These myths were mostly spread by 2 and 3

Answer 24

1) white males only
2) dime novels
3) Wild West shows

Question 25

The expansion of the railroad contributed to the 1

Answer 25

1) cattle ranching boom

Question 26

The mining boom was created by the

Answer 26

Life of quick wealth

Question 27

Women were gaining 1 in the west because they could 2

Answer 27

Independence
Vote

Question 28

The exodusters were trying to 1. Many agreements between the native Americans and the settlers dealt with 2. Many white reformers believed that native Americans should be 3 and adopt 4

Answer 28

1) to escape from racial violence
2) land ownership
3) civilized
4) white cultuea

Question 29

I’m the 1880s American presidents protected the interests of

Answer 29

Business and industry

Question 30

The cattle ranching boom was caused by the

Answer 30

Expansion of railroads

Question 31

Turner thesis

Answer 31

Settling the frontier developed the American character

Question 32

Buffalo soldiers

Answer 32

Members of all black Calvary regiments

Question 33

Inflation

Answer 33

Increase in the price of goods

Question 34

Placer miner

Answer 34

Individual miners technique to separate dirt/gold

Question 35

Sooner

Answer 35

Settlers who snuck onto Indian territory to claim land

Question 36

Exoduster

Answer 36

African Americans from the south who fled west

Question 37

Reservation

Answer 37

Federal lands set aside for native american

Question 38

Massacre at wounded knee

Answer 38

200 unarmed Sioux killed by the us troops

Question 39

Battle of little big horn

Answer 39

General Custer/troops killed by the sioux

Question 40

The grange

Answer 40

Farmers worked together for business regulations