LOOKING INTO THE WEST: TEST REVIEW Flashcards
Populist party supporters were mostly 1 who hoped that the gov would 2
1) Mostly farmers
2) Enforce antitrust laws
Populists wanted 1 of transportation systems (railroads)
1) government ownership
The 1 act and 2 helped fulfill the us commitment to 3
1) homestead
2) transcontinental rr
3) manifest destiny
When the 1 was destroyed it forced the native Americans onto 2
1) Buffalo population
2) reservations
Chief 1 of the nez perce got into violent conflicts with the 2
1) Joseph
2) settlers
Eventually he too 1 would have to live on reservations
1) accepted the native Americans
The 1 of the us gov led to the destruction of the native Americans
1) policies
The us gov encouraged attempts to 1
1) take Indian lands
One way that reformers tried to civilize native Americans is by requiring them to 1 individual plots
1) farm
The initiative, referendum, recall, and direct primary are all entitled to 1 by citizens
1) increase participation in government
Although settlers valued democracy they often disregarded 1
1) the rights of minorities
Mid-western farmers had difficulty earning a living because the railroads 1 farm products
1) charged high rates for transporting farm products
Farmers also favored 1
Inflation/tariffs
At wounded knee the soldiers 1
Killed over 200 unarmed sioux
A primary source is
Someone who was there (diary treaty maps)
For the homesteaders, simply obtaining the 1 was a struggle
1) necessities to survice
The homestead act gave settlers 1 acres of land if they farmed it for 2 years
1) 160
2) 5
The populist and progressive parties were 1) parties. In some ways the populist party can be considered successful because 2
1) third
2) laws were eventually passed that attained their goals
Bonanza farms
A business controlled farm that makes a single Cash crop
Oversupply led to
Crop prices being low
As farming became 1 production 2
1) Mechanized
2) increases
Farmers favored 1 and 2
1) inflation
2) tariffs
The us gov aides in the development of the west by giving land to 1
Railroads
A myth about the west was that all of the settlers were adventurous, resourceful 1. These myths were mostly spread by 2 and 3
1) white males only
2) dime novels
3) Wild West shows
The expansion of the railroad contributed to the 1
1) cattle ranching boom
The mining boom was created by the
Life of quick wealth
Women were gaining 1 in the west because they could 2
Independence
Vote
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
1) to escape from racial violence
2) land ownership
3) civilized
4) white cultuea
I’m the 1880s American presidents protected the interests of
Business and industry
The cattle ranching boom was caused by the
Expansion of railroads
Turner thesis
Settling the frontier developed the American character
Buffalo soldiers
Members of all black Calvary regiments
Inflation
Increase in the price of goods
Placer miner
Individual miners technique to separate dirt/gold
Sooner
Settlers who snuck onto Indian territory to claim land
Exoduster
African Americans from the south who fled west
Reservation
Federal lands set aside for native american
Massacre at wounded knee
200 unarmed Sioux killed by the us troops
Battle of little big horn
General Custer/troops killed by the sioux
The grange
Farmers worked together for business regulations
