Native American's
What was the Native American's food source?
Buffalo was the Native's food source and dictated their migration patterns.
What was the incentive for people to move west?
The large amount of gold and silver found within those areas.
Why was creation labor unions necessary?
To protect the workers from long hours, unsafe working conditions, and low wages?
What group was the populist party mainly comprised of?
white farmers (in debt)
What farming equipment was introduced changed farming?
Why were the Native American's more susceptible to diseases.
Native Americans were more susceptible due to their weaker immune systems as they were not exposed to aggressive illnesses.
Why were many smaller civilizations urbanize?
Many civilizations were urbanized due to the large mining opportunities in the west.
What was the first labor union?
The federal society of Journeymen Cordwainers. (leather workers and cobblers)
what year was the populist party created?
1891
What Act allowed settlers able to receive land if they improved it over five years?
The Homestead Act
Where was the most influential Native American boarding school.
Carlisle Pennsylvania
What industry was the first to industrialize?
textiles.
What strike ended in a gun battle between Strikers and Militia men?
The Homestead Strike 1892.
Who founded the populist party?
James Baird Weaver and Leonidas L. Polk
What did mechanization lead to?
Led to higher upfront costs for equipment and supplies, farmers then needed to take out more loans.
What act took away tribal owned land and places Native Americans on reservation
The Dawes Act (1887)
What were the two problems associated with rapid industrialization?
Pollution and Child Labor
What act allowed the unionization laborers?
Wagner Labor Relations Act 1935.
What were the values of the populist party?
Coalition between farmers in the south and west, increase in circulating currency, graduated income tax, and government ownership of railroads.
What was a reason for deflation?
Overproduction led to deflation because the supply of good were outpaced from the demand which led to an oversaturation in the market.
What is a Ghost Dance
A ceremony were Native Americans would gather and dance with the hopes that the white man would leave their land and the buffalo would return
After the war, how did the mechanization of agriculture in the west benefit the southern economy?
Modernization of farming that allowed farmers with large amounts of property to capitalize on the expansion of the industry.
Why was it difficult for unions to succeed in the 1800's?
They didn't have enough members, and legislators were not passing effective laws, meaning that the law would support the business owners in court.
Who was the populist party candidate in 1896?
Williams Jennings Bryan
Why were farmers upset in transportation costs?
They felt that costs were high and they were being charged unfairly when transporting crops, reducing profits, and some farmers' networks were lower than what they used to be.