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Misc
100
Factors that attract people to a place, including the Pacific Railway Act, the Morrill Land Grant Act, the Homestead Act, and private property.
What are pull factors?
100
People who staked their claim to Indian land before they were supposed to.
What were sooners?
100
A house made of sod (grass, roots, and dirt). Cost about $10 to make.
What is a soddie?
100
Basing money on silver and gold
What is the bimetallic standard?
100
Things that force people to move somewhere, including cheap land, religious freedom, ethnic freedom, and places for outlaws to hide.
What are push factors?
200
University set up by the Morrill Land Grant Act.
What is Michigan State University?
200
In charge of getting supplies to the reservations (NOT successful)
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
200
These disappeared because the government wanted to hurt the Native Americans and make room for large cattle ranches.
What are the buffalo?
200
The amount of money increases, but the gold supply stays the same so money is worth less.
What is inflation?
200
People who staked claims to Indian land when the government allowed it.
What were boomers?
300
Bought up lots of land to sell it for higher prices to settlers.
What are goals of land speculators?
300
Divided up reservation land into plots.
What is the Dawes Act?
300
Towns that were used to put cattle on trains.
What are cow towns?
300
Party who supported farmers.
What was the Populist Party?
300
A broad generalization about a group of people.
What is a stereotype?
400
Five factors of the Homestead Act.
What are must be an American citizen/ in the process of becoming one, at least 21 years old, have a house at least 12ft x 14ft, live there for at least 6 months out of the year, and farm the land for five years.
400
Also known as Custer's Last Stand. Fought by the Sioux to stay off reservations and keep the black hills. The Sioux were victorious against Custer's army. Eventually they did have to move to reservations.
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?
400
Its purpose was to get cattle from ranches to trains.
What is the Long Drive?
400
A decrease in the money supply, but not in the gold supply so money is worth more.
What is deflation?
400
Gave the Cross of Gold speech.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
500
A name used by African Americans moving West
What are exodusters?
500
Fought by the Sioux and the 7th Calvary. They didn't like them doing the Ghost Dance so they rounded the Sioux up. A gun went off and 200 Sioux were massacred.
What was the Battle of Wounded Knee?
500
Produced massive amounts of single cash crops which led to oversupply and a drop in prices.
What are bonanza farms?
500
The name of the government's plan for its money
What is the monetary policy?
500
A reason farmers didn't like tariffs.
What is they raised the price of farm equipment, and kept foreigners from earning money they would use to buy American crops?