Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

the grassland extending through the west-central portion of the U.S.

Answer 1

Great Plains

Question 2

Sioux leader, did not sign treaty, fought at little Bighorn

Answer 2

Sitting Bull

Question 3

reported that the Black Hills had gold “from the grass roots down,” a gold rush was on

Answer 3

George A Custer

Question 4

give up their beliefs and become part of another culture

Answer 4

Assimilation

Question 5

broke up reservations and gave land to individual natives

Answer 5

Dawes Act

Question 6

site of massacre of 300 unarmed Sioux by US soldiers

Answer 6

Battle of Wounded Knee

Question 7

offered 16- acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household

Answer 7

Homestead Act

Question 8

African-Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas

Answer 8

Exodusters

Question 9

dugout; sod home (warm in the winter and cool in the summer)

Answer 9

Soddy

Question 10

gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges (1862-1890)

Answer 10

Morrill Act

Question 11

an organization for farmers

Answer 11

Grange

Question 12

called for the government to give more help to the farmers

Answer 12

Populism

Question 13

monetary system; gov would give citizens gold/silver in exchange for paper currency or checks

Answer 13

Bimetallism

Question 14

backing dollars solely with gold

Answer 14

Gold Standard

Question 15

Republican party; president nominee

Answer 15

William McKinley

Question 16

Democratic party; president nominee

Answer 16

William Jennings Bryant

Question 17

site of US government massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho, 150 dead, including women and children

Answer 17

Sand Creek

Question 18

US gov stopped white settlement but Sioux asked to live on reservations

Answer 18

Treaty of Ft. Laramie

Question 19

1866 in Colorado (Redcloud killed soldiers in response to Sand Creek)

Answer 19

Fetterman Massacre

Question 20

George Custer (US) vs Sitting Bull (Sioux) - US defeat

Answer 20

Little Bighorn

Question 21

bankrupt railroads and thinning gold reserves

Answer 21

Panic of 1893

Question 22

backed bimetallism which said the gov would give citizens silver or gold in exchange for paper currency

Answer 22

Silverites