CRM 1.3 - Westward Expansion, Native Americans, & Farmers

Which was an effect of the Homestead Act?

• African American men could vote

• It increased the money supply

• Many people moved from American West

• Many people moved to the American West

What is assimilation?

• When a culture is absorbed into the dominant culture

• a system much like slavery

• the right to vote

• The right to own land

What was the significance of the bison?

• provided food for colonist settlers in the southern United States

• is on the endangered species list

• Native American groups used it for clothing, religious ceremonies, and food

• became extinct due to Native American groups over hunting

Why were railroad monopolies enemies to farmers in the late 1800s?

• They cut through their farm lands

• they charged high shipping rates

• they brought tourists that built theme parks on good farm land

• they refused to ship farmers crops

What was William Jennings Bryan's call to action?

• to decrease the money supply

• keep the price of crops cheap

• implement a policy of bimetallism to raise the price of crops

• to end slavery for good

What is laissez- faire economics?

• The government controls prices

• The government can print money backed by gold and silver

• the government does not regulate industry

• The government manipulates supply and demand

What did the Granger movement and William Jennings Bryan have in common?

• They fought for farmers rights

• they agreed that industry was the most important part of society

• They agreed with the gold-standard

• they wanted to lower the prices of crops

Which is an effect of the reservation system?

• Native American culture was preserved

• Native Americans were moved back to their homelands

• The US government forced Native Americans to assimilate to mainstream culture

• Many families moved West

Which Native region is represented in blue on the map?

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Northwest Coast

• Eastern Woodlands

The Dawes Act...

• Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
• divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
• provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
• Allowed railroads to cover valuable farmland.