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Many agreements between Native Americans and the federal government fell apart because
a. Native Americans wanted to work as tenant farmers or sharecroppers.
b. most of the treaties were never signed.
c. many settlers objected to the reservation system.
d. Native Americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership.
Native Americans and settlers had differing concepts of land ownership.
Many white reformers (who were trying to "help" Native Americans) believed that Native Americans should
a. give up their land to settlers.
b. sign treaties with the federal government.
c. live on reservations.
d. be "civilized” and adopt white culture.
Many white reformers believed that Native Americans should be "civilized” and adopt white culture.
The purpose of the Homestead Act, which provided free federal land, was to
a. encourage settlement of the West.
b. set up reservations for Native Americans.
c. establish land-grant agricultural colleges.
d. assist in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
encourage settlement of the West.
What “battle” marked the last major episode of violence in the Indian Wars?
The Battle of Wounded Knee
What was the most important resource to the Plains Indians?
Buffalo
What happened at the massacre at Wounded Knee?
American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux.
In the 1880s, American presidents most often protected the interests of
a. business
b. farmers
c. regular people
business
How many acres of land were homesteaders granted? How long did they have to farm the land before it was legally theirs?
160 acres, 5 years
What famous book did Helen Hunt Jackson publish in 1881? What was her point?
"A Century of Dishonor"
Her point was that the US Government had acted dishonorably toward Native Americans
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to regulate what industry?
Railroads
The Populist movement was most interested in improving conditions for
a. farmers.
b. business leaders.
c. African Americans.
d. Native Americans.
farmers
What happened at the battle of Little Bighorn? What famous American general was killed?
General Custer & all 200 of his men were killed in a one-hour battle by the Sioux.
Who gave the famous “Cross of Gold” speech? What was his purpose in doing so?
William Jennings Bryan- he wanted “free silver”- more money in circulation, helps farmers because farm prices go up and loan payments are easier.
One way the government sought to "Americanize" Native Americans was by forcing them to
a. farm individual plots of land
b. hunt buffalo
Farm individual plots of land
why did the army encouraged white hunters to kill buffalo?
force Native Americans to farm.
What act attempted to assimilate Native Americans into white society? What did the act do, or attempt to do?
Dawes Act- the act attempted to “Americanize” Native Americans by breaking up reservations into individually owned land.
List three of the major platform issues of the newly formed Populist Party?
-FREE SILVER
-Graduated income tax
-Government ownership of railroads
Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis held that the frontier
a. had little effect on the American character.
b. helped create the strong, individualistic American spirit.
c. would continue to exist for at least another 50 years.
d. destroyed the West and the Americans who went there.
helped create the strong, individualistic American spirit.
As American settlers moved west in search of land, many Native American nations
a. formed the Indian territory.
b. settled east of the Mississippi.
c. settled in farming villages.
d. were weakened or destroyed.
were weakened or destroyed.
-Define cooperatives.
-What farmer organization began using them in the late 1800s?
-Groups of people who come together to buy goods in large quantities at lower prices.
-The Grange
Over the last ten years, we have seen a trend where many New Yorkers have been moving to the Carolinas. Give what you think are two push factors and two pull factors for this movement.
Push: Cold winters, stricter state laws, higher taxes
Pull: Warm winters, cheaper cost of living, more jobs, lower taxes