Who cooperated to develop the cattle industry?

Mexican Americans and Irish Americans

What two ethnic groups helped to build the transcontinental railroad?

Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants

Mexican Americans and Native Americans

African Americans and European immigrants

Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants

What were the economic and geographic reasons in which settlers wanted to move west?

private ownership of land, chance to work for oneself, be self suffcient

The growing population of cities areas in the east

What impact did the railroads have on Native Americans?

the railroads cut into the pre established migratory patterns of the buffalo which in turn affected the Native American way of life.

the railroads helped the Native Americans to reservations

Native Americans got jobs on the railroads

the railroads increased the amount of land the Native American had

What was the purpose of driving cattle north towards the railroad stockyards?

to have the cattle weighed and measured and sent northeast to the meatpacking industries.

The cattle needed to lose the fat for market.

To take the cattle to their native breeding grounds in Wyoming

to ship the cattle to the Northeastern Meatpacking industries

The Homestead Act of (1862) promoted the development of western lands by---

providing free land to settlers

creating a system of dams for crop irrigation

removing all restrictions on immigration

moving Native American Indians to reservations

What statement accurately describes the development of the Great Plains in the late nineteenth century?

technological innovations made farming there possible

Great profits were earned there int he steel industry

Railroads decreased in importance

Immigrants could not afford to farm these lands

What factor(s) contributed to the loss of tribal lands by Native Americans

Forced removal of Indians to reservations

Destruction of natural environment

Which organization combined with the The Grange to create the Populist Party?

American Association of Agriculture

What happened to cotton prices after Reconstruction?

The decreased due to competition.

They increased due to high demand.

They remained the same as before the Civil War.

The increased as more factories in the north opened.

What was NOT a goal of the Populist movement?

Regulation of Banks and Railroads

Main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?

Changing government's monetary policy

Fighting growing influence of business trusts

Ending tax-free status of religious institutions

Providing federal aid to poor families

Why did Native Americans not trust the US government?

The US Government always broke the treaties & would make the Natives move somewhere else.

Native Americans were not allowed to own slaves

Native Americans couldn't vote in State elections

Because they were friends with the great enemy of the US; Canada.

WHEREAS, We see that we cannot get our rights here in the midst of this class of uncompromising oppressors of our race, and since . . . the State can oppress and abridge our privileges as citizens of the State, and that there is no law of the United States to protect us from said abridgement and oppression; therefore Resolved, That we recommend to our race throughout the State to organize themselves into emigration societies for the purpose of leaving the State, provided our condition is not bettered by the authorities of the State. —“Meeting of ... People in Convention at Richmond, Virginia,” reported in the Topeka Daily Capital , May 23, 1879 This resolution was passed by delegates who met to discuss the plight of which group of people?

African Americans Exodusters fleeing discrimination

Irish immigrants facing nativist policies

Chinese workers attracted by the Gold Rush

Native Americans forced off their ancestral lands

What was the long-term impact of American expansion on Native American tribes in the American west after the Civil War?

Most American Indians were forced onto reservations west of the Mississippi River.

Most Native Americans were forced to flee to California, Canada and Mexico

Most Native Americans were eventually assimilated into U.S. urban society.

Most Native Americans were able to keep their ancestral land through the reservation system

“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”– William Jennings Bryan What was Bryan’s primary message in his famous “Cross of Gold” speech during the Election of 1896?

The United States should adopt bimetallism to promote inflation

The United States should adopt the gold standard.

The United States should adopt a laissez-fair business regulation.

The United States should include the words "In God We Trust" on its currency

The above pictures show the same Native American. The picture on the left was taken before the Dawes Act and the picture on the right after. Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?

Act of being Americanized, being made part of society

The act of being individual, different from everyone else

Process of encouraging uniform values

Encouraging pro-business behaviors

According to the map and your knowledge, what was the outcome of the election of 1896?

McKinley defeated the Populist Party with support from northern industrialists

The Democrats won a tight race over the Republican candidate with the support of agrarian society.

The Republican party won and William Jennings Bryan became president

The Republican party won but McKinley was defeated two years later in a tight race for the presidency

What happened to small farmers in America during 1890's

Couldn't afford expensive farming technologies

Had to compete with a global agrarian market and the growth of railroads

Which caused the rise of Populism?

The inability of farmers to pay off their debts

The use of silver instead of greenbacks

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What technology revolutionized farming in the west?

Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills

Morse code

Internet

Hydroelectricity

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What types of weather hazards did pioneers face?

Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts

Sickness or disease

Fights with Native Americans

Spring floods, winter snows, and tornadoes

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

Go to war with Native Americans

Own the land that they settled on after 5 years

Establish the sharecropping system

Make peace with the Native Americans

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

Snakes

Mountain lions

Bison

Locusts

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

Europe

The south

Asia

The west

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

It transported agricultural products to processing centers and helped major industries such as flour milling and meat processing develop in cities like Chicago.

It transported people to the cities to work in factories.

It transported Native Americans to the west.

It transported raw materials to build factories in the west.

What were Boom Towns?

Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place.

Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.

Towns where dynamite was found

Towns where loud sounds were often heard.

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Module 2: Westward Expansion Review

What technology revolutionized farming in the west?

What types of weather hazards did pioneers face?

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?

Where did railroad companies advertise to attract new settlers to the region?

How did the transcontinental railroad change the economy of the United States?

What were Boom Towns?

Who cooperated to develop the cattle industry?

What invention changed farming and cattle drives during Westward Expansion?

What was the name of the group of African Americans that settled in Nicodemus, Kansas?

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