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What were some factors that caused the end of open-range ranching?
Overgrazing, fencing with barbed wire, and low cattle prices.
What challenges did farmers face with crop prices in the late 1800s?
Prices stayed the same, and farmers became wealthy.
How did the Populist Party influence politics after its decline?
Many of its ideas, like income taxes and railroad regulation, were adopted later.
What sentence best summarizes William Jennings Bryan?
A politician who supported money backed by both gold and silver to help farmers.
What sentence best summarizes Las Gorras Blancas?
A group of Mexican Americans who protested unfair treatment by destroying property.
Who were the Sioux Indians, and what were their struggles?
A group that faced conflict, land loss, and fights against U.S. military forces.
What challenges did workers face while building the Transcontinental Railroad?
Long hours, dangerous work, and harsh weather conditions.
Why did farmers blame railroads and banks for their financial struggles?
Railroads charged high fees, and banks gave loans with unfair terms.
Please give the definition of confrontation.
A serious conflict or fight, like the one at Wounded Knee.
What sentence best summarizes regulation?
Government rules to control unfair practices, like those used by railroads.
Why was the Ghost Dance revival considered threatening by the U.S. government?
It brought tribes together and gave them hope to resist losing their land.
What did the Americanization movement encourage Native Americans and immigrants to do?
Adopt American culture, language, and traditions.
Why did farmers blame railroads and banks for their financial struggles?
Railroads charged high fees, and banks gave loans with unfair terms.
What sentence best summarizes vigilantes?
A group of people working as government-paid officers.
What sentence best summarizes the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
A law requiring government job applicants to pass a test to reduce favoritism.
How did the U.S. government’s policy toward Native Americans change from the early 1800s to the 1850s?
The government moved from encouraging cultural blending to forcing tribes onto reservations.
What was the goal of the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887?
To encourage Native Americans to live on small family farms and adopt farming lifestyles.
How did political cartoons expose corruption during the Gilded Age?
They used drawings to show the unfair actions of politicians and businesses.
What sentence best summarizes the Transcontinental Railroad?
A train system connecting the East and West coasts to improve trade and travel.
What sentence best summarizes Exodusters?
African Americans who left the South after the Civil War to escape racism and find better opportunities.
What are the important dates and events that happened between the Native Americans and White Settlers?
Indian Removal Act (1830), Trail of Tears (1838), Dawes Act (1887)
How did Mexican Americans lose land despite the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Corrupt U.S. government officials took advantage of Mexican-Americans by making it very difficult for Mexican Americans to have the correct paperwork to keep their land.
What was the purpose of the Populist Party?
To fight against unfair economic and political practices, like high railroad fees and corruption.
What sentence best summarizes the Dawes General Allotment Act?
A law giving Native Americans land to encourage farming and reduce tribal identity.
What sentence best summarizes the open-range system?
A method where ranchers allowed cattle to roam freely on public lands without fences.