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the 19th-century movement of settlers into the American West, began with the Louisiana Purchase and was fueled by the Gold Rush, the Oregon Trail, and a belief in "manifest destiny.
What is Westward Expansion?
It speeds up harvesting allowing for more crops to be grown.
What is the Reaper?
decrease in the amount of money in circulation
What is deflation?
Published in 1900 some say its an allegory to populism***HINT*** Turned into a movie
What is the Wizard of Oz?
US government forced Native Americans onto reservations. Some refused, ghost danced and the Sioux tribe ended up defeating US forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn (Custers Last Stand)
California Gold Rush, Homestead Act and the Transcontinental Railroad
What are factors that led to Westward Expansion?
Gave federal land to states for agricultural colleges (eventually 109 founded)
What is the Morrill Act?
Farmers blamed "them" for their economic problems
What is the railroad and banks?
What were two challenges for farmers in 19th century?
What is droughts, low crop prices due to overproduction and buying new equipment put them in debt?
People traveled to California because of....
What is the Gold Rush?
Name 3 examples of assimilating to U.S. culture
What is learning the English language, wearing American attire, having American hair styles, practicing American religion, going to American schools and learning reading, writing and arithmetic?
Drought; Low crop prices due to overproduction; Buying new equipment put them in debt
What are the problems farmers faced?
The movement of the people; demanded reform; lift the burden of debt that the farmer were suffering
What is Populism (Populist Party)?
Route did people travel to move west
What is The Oregon Trail?
Exclusive possession or control of a service/product in a market
What is a monopoly?
This law gave millions of acres to settlers. Each citizen could apply to receive 160 acres of land with the understanding if they lived on it for 5 years and settled the land, it would be free to them.
What is the Homestead Act?
Name 3 goals of the Peoples Party
What is direct election of senators, graduated income tax, government control of monopolies, shorter work days, coinage of silver?
Law gave the President the power to force Native American tribes to move to land west of the Mississippi River
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Act of legislation that caused reservations to be broken up into "allotments" of land
What is the Dawes Act?
What two groups did Westward Expansion affect?
What were Native Americans and White Settlers?
Name two push and two pull factors of Westward Migration
What is cheap land, gold/silver, overcrowding, pollution, lack of housing/homelessness, more space, racism?
Agriculture is primary economic support
What is agrarian?
Describe what the "Cross of Gold" Speech
What is "The Gold standard would harm the farmers and the economy. Utilizing silver would help get them out of debt and able to pay their bills"
Name the five civilized tribes?
What is Chocktaw, Cherokee, Seminoles, Creek and Chickasaw?
The Sioux were camping out and US troops came to arrest their leader. Ambush led to the murder of 300 Native Americans.
What is the Massacre of Wounded Knee?