Quiz 5.1 Review - Changes in the West

This altered the Native Americans' way of life

• depletion of buffalo population

• construction of interstate

• Homestead Act

• Civil War

Dawes Act wanted to force this on Native Americans

• populism

• the Grange

• assimilation

• gold standard

Pieces of land set aside for Native Americans were called...

• bimetallism

• tenements

• homesteads

• reservations

Americans misunderstood the ghost dance and led to this battle; it was the last of the Indian Wars

• Little Bighorn

• Wounded Knee

• Bull Run

• Sand Creek

After taking land from natives, the gov't gave 160 acres of land to any family committed to farming it for 5 years.

• Dawes Act

• Cultivation Act

• Homestead Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

This group provided support for struggling farmers during the Populist Movement

• labor unions

• Native Americans

• industrial workers

• the Grange

Which group was NOT supported by populism?

• big business owners

• industrial workers

• farmers

• all of these

idea supported by Populists; allow gold and silver to support the US dollar

• bimetallism

• gold standard

• greenbacks

• imperialism

supported by William McKinley; only allow gold to support the US dollar

• gold standard

• bimetallism

• the Grange

• silver standard

Which candidate supported big businesses and the gold standard rather than the working class?

• William McKinley

• William Jennings Bryan