Westward Expansion and the Populist Flashcards
What new states were added to the US during the Gilded Age? (7)
- Montana
- Indiana
- Wyoming
- Utah
- Colorado
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household, however farmers have to farm the land for five years
Homestead Act of 1862
gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges
Morrill Land Grant Act
African-Americans who moved from the post Reconstruction South to Kansas
Exodusters
Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of white culture
Assimilation
What were some common cultural misunderstandings between the US government and Native Americans?
gov. thought both Natives & Settlers could be farmers and individual landowners
broke up reservations and gave land to individual Native Americans
Dawes Act
schools intended to wipe out traditional Native cultures and assimilate native children into the dominant white culture
Assimilation Schools
George Custer (America) vs. Sitting Bull (Sioux)
- American defeat in 1876
Battle of Little Bighorn
massacre site of 300 unarmed Sioux by US soldiers
Battle of Wounded Knee
site of US government massacre of Cheyenne Arapaho, 150 dead, in 1864
Sand Creek Massacre
taking cattle to trains from Kansas to Nebraska (famous for Chisolm Trail)
the Long Drive
Diverse group of people who guided the cows to the trains
Cowboys
Origin of the Cowboys?
Mexican (Vacara)
What ended the Cowboys?
barbed wire
farmers tried to gain political traction by joining together
the Grange Movement
called for the gov. to give more help to the farmers
Populist Party
What are the 2 effects of the election of 1896?
- direct elections of senators
- secret ballot in voting
the overall general upward price movement of goods and services in an economy
inflation
a general decline in prices for goods and services
deflation
Democratic & Populist Party Presidential nominee
William Jennings Bryan
Republican Party Presidential nominee
William McKinley
backing dollars solely with gold
Gold Standard
supporter of gold standard
Gold Bug
gov. gives citizens gold/silver in exchange for paper currency/checks
Bimetallism
backed bimetallism
silverites
What are the 3 reasons frontier farms decided to move west?
- freeland
- gold
- prospect of a better life
What are 5 hardships frontier farms faced?
- Native American Conflict
- Tornadoes
- Thunderstorms
- Hail
- Conflict of Ranchers
How do European Americans view land and ownership?
individual land ownership
How do Native Americans view land and ownership?
roam on wide open space of land and follow the buffalo & use every part of it
created so the railroads would be coordinated
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