Topic 11 The West Review

Front

The Farmers’ Alliances developed into a political party with a political approach called ___ which appealed to the common people.

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populism

Front

___ was established in 1879 as a boarding school that forced young Native Americans from across the nation to assimilate into the culture of the United States.

Back

Carlisle Indian School

Front

Sioux leader ___ and his warriors defeated the U.S. Army at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Back

Sitting Bull

Front

___ was a Native American leader who resisted white settlement in Arizona through the Apache wars.

Back

Geronimo

Front

___ led the Nez Perce people toward Canada but was forced to surrender to the U.S. Army.

Back

Chief Joseph

Front

Which natural resource(s) drew miners to the American West?

Back

gold, silver, copper

Front

The growth of western towns, the migration of farmers to the Great Plains, the rise of the cattle industry, and the decline of the buffalo were all direct results of the ___

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expansion of the railroad system in the United States

Front

Why was the “Cattle Kingdom” in the West in decline by the mid-1880s?

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U.S. government policies encouraged farming more than ranching, Ranchers lost access to free grazing land as landowners began fencing their property

Front

Which of the following most impacted settling the Great Plains and the West?

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the Homestead Act

Front

The major goal(s) of the National Grange included

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forcing states to pass laws limiting railroad-shipping costs, strengthening the growing labor movement in the United States