Challenges in the West 1
Educational and social organization to assist farmers.
Farmers Alliance
What animal did the Native Americans use ALL parts of?
The Buffalo
The transformation from producing goods by hand to producing goods by machinery.
Industrialization
A political part founded in 1892 calling for policies to help working people.
Populists party
Government gave away cheap or free land to farmers and if they farmed it for 5 years they got to keep it
Homestead Act of 1862
A Monetary policy that controlled the amount of money flowing through the U.S economy.
Gold standard
The type of house many settlers of the west had to build out of chunks of grass and dirt
Sod-house
Moved west to find gold or other precious metals
Miners
Primary responsibility was to "drive" cattle from one part of the country to another for sale at a higher price
Cowboys
Were in charge of putting the Native Americans onto reservations; often kept money designed for the Native Americans and used violence to control them
U.S. Army/Indian Agents
The period in American history when the U.S expanded its territory westward from the late 18th to 19th centuries.
Westword Expansion
An area of federal land reserved for indigenous tribes.
Reservation
The absorption of people into the dominate culture.
Assimilation
Political stances that aligned with "the people"; often supported farmers and their rights
populism
Leader of the Sioux warriors who destroyed General George Armstrong Custer's force in the famous battle of Little Big Horn. Hint: Refused to move to a reservation
Chief Sitting Bull
The only battle that was won by Native Americans.
Battle of little Big Horn
a Monetary system that uses two metals, usually gold and silver as the basis for its currency.
Bimetallism
Apache leader and medicine man best known for his fearlessness in resisting anyone who attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands. Was also known for his evasion and escape from the U.S. Army
Chief Geronimo
A major win for the US Army; proved to be a crushing blow to the Native Americans and the last major battle between the U.S. and Native Americans
Battle of Wounded Knee
the law that allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands and distribute them to Native Americans as individuals; led to citizenship and assimilation
The Dawes Act of 1887
Regulate railroad rates.
Granger laws
Conflict Started between Native Americans and the settlers.
Sand Creek Massacre
A Railroad that spans the continent.
Transcontinental railroad
William Jennings Bryan's speech saying that man kind will not be crucified on gold crosses, basically saying gold standards should end.
Cross of gold speech
African Americans who migrated from the south to the Great Plains following the Civil War.
Exodusters