Native Americans
Government
The Common Folk
Populism
All in One
100

As settlers moved west, Indian reservations ______.

Shrunk/Got smaller

100

How did the government promote the building of railroads?

They gave the railroad companies land based on how much track they built.

100

People flocked west at first because of the discovery of ____.

Gold

100

The populist party rose out of the Grange movement, led by _____.

Farmers.

100

Immigrants who settled in the Great Plains were mostly ___.

Farmers

200

The Great Plains Indians became masters of using this animal that the Spanish Explorers brought.

Horses

200

Why was the Homestead Act created?

To encourage people to settle the great plains.

200

Give two examples of technology advancements during westward expansion.

Steel plow, barbed wire, reaper, steel windmill

200

The populist party pushed for what metal to be used to back paper money?

Silver.

200

What is assimilation?

Normally: Two cultures melding together.

For this Class: The concept of destroying the culture of Native Americans and replacing it with American culture.

300

One of the only major victories by Native Americans against US Calvary was ____.

The Battle of Little Bighorn.

300

The Dawes Act (1887) tried to do what?

Break up Native American land and “Americanize” them.

300

The group of ex-slaves that settled in Kansas after the Civil War were known as _____.

Exodusters.

300

The populist party supported this democratic candidate for president.

William Jennings Bryan

300

George Armstrong Custer was part of the _____.

7th US Cavalry.

400

He was the chief of the Lakota Sioux.

Chief Sitting Bull.

400

The children at the Indian boarding schools were effectively ____, as stated by the US government.

Hostages.

400

Were homesteader families on the plains all given land of equivalent value?

No. While they were given 160 acres per family, the quality of the land varied based on location.

400

What modern political group utilizes some of the ideas of populism?

The Democratic Party

400

What was Richard Pratt’s (the founder of the Indian boarding school) famous quote regarding his views on Native American culture?

"Kill the Indian, save the man."

500

This event led to the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians.

The Massacre at Wounded Knee.

500

What did the Morrill Act do?

It gave land to the states to finance agricultural education.

500

As the farmers grew more, the prices of crops began to drop. What economic principle is this idea connected to?

Supply and demand.


500

What groups of people wanted to support the gold standard? Why?

Bankers and businesses. The gold standard makes money more valuable, and they have a lot of it already.

500

If students at an Indian boarding school tried to run away or use their own language, they were _____.

Tortured.

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