Westward Expansion & Populism Vocabulary

idea held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

• Homestead Act
• Monroe Doctrine
• Louisiana Purchase
• Manifest Destiny

Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US

• Reading Railroad
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Pennsylvania Railroad
• B&O Railroad

Mass westward movement of approximately 300,000 in 1849 to California which brought an increase in mining, industrial and agricultural development.

• Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny

• Go West Young Man

• Push-Pull Theory

Who joined the populist party?

• Middle Class White settlers

• northern African Americans

• Small Farmers

• Bankers/factory owners

How would bimetalism help the nation?

• It would put more money in circulation

• It would make the nation’s money supply safer

• It would lower the prices of seed and farm machinery

• It would allow them to profit from the mineral rights on their land

The Grange supported

• banks

• farmers

• railroads

• factory owners

Who won the 1896 election?

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism

This was a monetary system in which the government would give people silver or gold in exchange for paper currency.

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism

This political party wanted an increase in the money supply, an income tax based on earnings, and government owned railroads.

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism

Delivered the “Cross of Gold” speech

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism