Settlement of the West Lesson 2

This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program.

• Green Party

• Populist Party

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

What is the best title for this list?

• Ways migrant workers lived in the Southwest

• How miners took advantage of gold rush opportunities

• Ways settlers adapted to conditions in the Great Plains

Invention of the steel plow, the passage of the Homestead Act, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad all contributed to the

• development of the Great Plains
• growth of the plantation system of agriculture
• extension of slavery into the western territories
• gold rushes in California and Nevada

Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulyssess Grant
• William Jennings Bryan
• William McKinley

Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?

• Silver Money

• Income Tax

• Secret Ballot

• All of the Above

Law that gave the federal government the power to regulate the railroad industry.

• Interstate Commerce Act
• Clayton Anti-trust Act
• 16th Amendment
• Railroad Regulation Act

Represented the farmer and working man. Government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators.

• Populist Party

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

Agricultural overproduction, scarcity of money, high shipping costs, debt, and rural isolation.

• Monopoly

• Farmers Problems

• Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

• Cross of Gold Speech