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What did the Interstate Commerce Act create?
The Interstate Commerce Commission
How many acres were guaranteed by the Homestead Act?
160 acres
What was the Interstate Commerce Commission and what was it designed to do?
It was a federal regulatory agency designed to oversee the railroad industry and prevent collusion and unfair rates
What did Turner argue was the primary force in shaping the nation's democratic institutions?
The frontier's settlement
What were two long-term effects of railroads?
Air pollution and unbearable noise
What two lines did the transcontinental railroad connect?
Central Pacific and Union Pacific
How much time did farmers have to make improvements to their land?
6 months
What did railroads do/achieve?
Created a more interconnected society
What was the first thing that caused farmers to go into debt?
Necessary machinery used to harvest crops
What impact did railroads have on Native Americans?
They destroyed their land and homes and killed off the buffalo population
Who begun the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876?
George Armstrong Custer
What did Native Americans have to give up to gain some land and how long did they have to wait until they could earn citizenship?
Tribal affiliation and 25 years
What three things did Natives believe would happen when they performed the Ghost Dance?
Whites would disappear, buffalo would return, and all Indians previously killed by whites would be returned to life
What two things ruined crops and their value?
The hot winds of the west and farmer complaints
What made homestead life easier and how? (You need to make a connection for this one)
Railroads by enabling goods to be more easily accessible
What Indian group was massacred in 1890?
Sioux Indians
How long did the Natives dance for in the Ghost Dance? (Not on review sheet)
Until they all passed out
What three Indian groups were attacked in the Battle of Little Bighorn and why?
Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne as they were all resisting removal to a reservation
Did inflation help, hurt, or remain neutral to farmers?
Neutral
What was one thing that the Indian Boarding Schools did? (Think outside what is on the review sheet)
Took Native American children away from their families, forced them to adapt to American culture, cut off their cultural hair representation, punished them severely if they spoke their native tongue to get them to forget how to speak it and learn only English, etc.
Who did soldiers catch up with in 1890?
Fleeing Lakotas
What was Custer's downfall? (Not on review sheet)
He underestimated the number that the Native American military troops contained
What was American cavalry sent to do during Wounded Knee?
Suppress the Ghost Dance and catch up with fleeing Lakotas to kill as many as 300
What five things contributed to the bonanza farm boom?
Geology, the Homestead Act, railroads, modern machinery, and revolutionary new flour-milling methods
Explain how the Battle of Little Bighorn could be an overall victory for both the U.S. and Natives?
U.S.-Whites still supported the soldiers, calling for retaliation which would end up claiming victory over the Native American military later
Natives-They annihilated Custer's force plus they did so with honor (not bragging and not showing pride about it)