Gilded Age 3: The West

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This political party formed to help farmers throughout the West.

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Populist

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Cattle ranching, mining, and farming all drew people to what part of the United States during the late 19th Century? Options: The Northeast, The Southeast, The West, The South

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The West

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William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech advocated for what?

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Bimetalism

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American farmers were encouraged to settle the West because of what law?

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Homestead Act

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The destruction of this creature had the greatest negative impact on the Native Americans in the West: Horses, Dogs, Buffalo, Cattle

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Buffalo

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What was the biggest issue of the election of 1896 between McKinley and Bryan? Options: Gold Standard v Bimetallism, Imperialism v Industrialization, Isolationism v Alliances, Slavery v Suffrage

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Gold Standard v Bimetallism

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The African-Americans who left sharecropping in the South to farm with the Homestead Act in the West were called...

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Exodusters

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Prejudice towards immigrants--such as the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act--is an example of what?

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Nativism

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Which is NOT an example of something that the Populist Party would advocate for? Options: National Income Tax, Bimetallism, Gold Standard, Government control of railroads

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Gold Standard

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Where did most Native Americans live by the end of the Gilded Age? Options: Resorts, Reservations, Plantations, Time Shares

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Reservations