Important People
Not a person but very important! This was the first rail line to connect the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, making it easier to settle the American West and to transport goods back east.
Who is the Transcontinental Railroad?
These animals were a major factor in the survival and culture of the Plains Native Americans. they were used for food, shelter, and clothing. When whites began to the hunt these animals for profit it forced the natives to relocate.
What is the American Bison/Buffalo?
This was the 19th-century belief that not only was Westward Expansion justified and inevitable, it was God's plan for Americans to take the land.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This is a term that is used related to cultivated land or the cultivation of land. We usually use it to describe rural communities centered around farming.
What is Agrarian?
Industrialization, with new technologies and inventions, caused ______ of crops and reduced demand for farm labor.
What is overproduction?
William Jennings Bryan ran for president under this political party that represented the advocacy of farmers, or supporting their interests, but also encompassed proposals for reform that resonated with others.
What is the Populist Party?
Via the Indian Appropriations Act, this system was put into place where Native Americans were moved onto farmland and not allowed to leave without permission.
What is the Reservation System?
The discovery of Gold and Silver in this state caused a "Gold Rush" that was a factoring pulling people to settle the west.
What is California?
This term is used to describe the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. We talk about america undergoing this kind of transformation and the culture moves more towards cities and factory work.
What is industrialization?
This is a coalition of US farmers, particularly in the Middle West that proposed legislation (laws) that would require the government to regulate the railroad companies.
What is the Granger Movement?
This person was an influential American lecturer, writer, and political activist. Although limitations in her time kept her from holding political office, she became known for her role in the Populist movement where she advocated to people rights.
Who is Mary Elizabeth Lease?
This Government Act divided Native Land into small plots to be owned by individual Native Americans, aiming to assimilate them into mainstream, or dominant, American culture.
What is the Dawes Act?
This Government Act promised inexpensive land in the West to settlers, in exchange for 6 months of improvements.
What is the Homestead Act?
We use this term to describe the idea that when there’s only a few of something, its price is high.
What is scarcity?
A win for farmers! This was the first law that regulated railroads and other companies that did business across the country to ensure their rates were fair and reasonable.
What is the interstate commerce act.
After discovering gold in the Black Hills, This US army Colonel attempted to push the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne off the land but underestimated their forces, leading to a victory for the Native Americans.
Who is Colonel Custer?
In an attempt to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. Culture, White Settlers created these, where Native children were taught to live by the rules of white Americans, such as speaking English and wearing American clothing.
What are American Boarding Schools?
In 1864, the Cheyenne and Arapaho were massacred by soldiers after what they perceived to be successful peace talks over reservation border disputes. After the Government refused to send U.S. Troops, a group of volunteers ambushed and killed around 230 people, composed mostly of women, children, and the elderly in the territory of Colorado.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
This is a monetary policy where the value of a dollar was backed by a fixed amount of gold.
What is the Gold Standard?
These cooperative organizations responded to the economic challenges of farmers by supporting cooperative purchasing to reduce costs and improve crop prices.
What are Farmers Alliances?
This is a famous speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan, advocating for inflation and adoption of silver into the federal reserve in an attempt to help farmers burdened with debt.
What is the Cross of Gold Speech?
This Union General was responsible for implementing the famous Anaconda Plan, a military strategy that involved placing naval blockades and sending troops to surrounded the south and cutting it off from supplies.
Who is General Winfield Scott?
This Government Act used federal land grants to establish public colleges, emphasizing agriculture and mechanic arts, helping to support the farming the U.S. Government was hoping would explode in the west.
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act?
This was a monetary policy where the value of a dollar was limited by a fixed amount of gold AND silver, meaning there will be more money circulating in the economy!.
What is bimetallism?
This is n economic perspective advocating for the government to follow a hands off approach to the economy, or that there should be little government intervention. It comes from French, meaning “leave alone.”
What are Laissez-faire Economics?