Topic 3 Review (Challenges in the late 1800's)

What helped cities boom in the late 1800s?

• Cities grew with railroad expansion
• American Indians removed to reservations
• Cotton became the number one industry in Texas
• Population in Texas dropped to the loud noise of the train

What was one of the negative effects of the barbed wire on the Texas frontier?

• introduction of  rodeos
• end of cattle trails and drives
• cattle ranches decline
• American Indian raids increased

The attack of Colorado militia on an unarmed camp of Cheyenne and Arapahoe was known as the --

• Red River War
• Wounded Knee
• Battle of Little Bighorn
• Sand Creek Massacre

The Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887 (Dawes Act) --

• recognized Native American tribes as Independent nations
• presented land to individual tribes
• granted each Indian family a 160-acre farmstead
• improved the reservation system

The US encouraged people to move to the Great Plains in 1862 through the --

• Dawes General Allotment Act
• Las Gorras Blancas
• Homestead Act
• Farmers' Alliance

Which of the following factors contributed to the end of the open-range system?

• An increase in the price of beef
• The invention of barbed wire
• The development of railroads
• The disappearance of big mining companies

Which president was assassinated by a man angry that he did not get a government job?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy
• Chester Arthur
• James Garfield

The goals of which organization included providing education on new farming techniques and calling for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates?

• The Chautauqua Circuit
• The Interstate Commerce Commission
• Las Gorras Blancas
• The Grange

The Populist Party had its roots in --

• the open-range system
• the Farmers' Alliance
• mining camps
• land grants

In 1883, Congress passed the ______________ Act.  It created a Civil Service Commission to conduct exams for federal jobs.

• Sherman Civil Service
• Jackson Civil Service
• Horatio Gaines
• Pendleton Civil Service