CRM 1.2 - Westward Expansion, Native Americans & Farmers Review

What was created to give settlers cheap land, that ultimately was designed to push Native Americans from their lands?

• Oklahoma Land Rush Act

• Homestead Act

• Westward Expansion Act

• Free Land Act

What did the Grangers try to warn farmers against?

• Lack of regulation in the railroad industry which would raise shipping prices

• Lack of support against Native American attacks which would take land back

• The rise of new technologies that would keep farmers from earning more for crops

• The impact of Westward Expansion as many sought gold in California

What was one consequence of industry overtaking agriculture (agrarian) societies in the United States?

• Lower shipping costs

• More settlers moving West

• Populations grew at a much higher rate in cities

• There was a shift in how monopolies operated as a result of regulation

What allowed for the railroad companies to charge high shipping rates to farmers?

• A Laissez-faire approach to the economy

• More government regulation against monopolies

• Farmers wanting to ship overseas, rather than between states

• The government trying to get more farmers to move west

Which of the following worked to assimilate Native Americans into "mainstream" American culture?

• Homestead Act of 1867

• Dawes Act of 1887

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Lend/Lease Act

Railroad monopolies allowed the railroad companies to charge high prices to ship goods to markets in the US. Which group suffered most as a result?

• Foreign shipping partners

• The US Governement

• Major Corporations

• Farmers

What was the greatest impact to the Plains Indians throughout the 1800's, ultimately leading to them being pushed from their lands?

• The Indian Wars

• The Trail of Tears

• The decimation of the buffalo population

• The introduction of the Transcontinental Railroad

William Jennings Bryan, in his support for farmers to drive crop prices up (making their debts easier to pay) pushed for which of the following?

• Bimetallism

• The Gold Standard

• The Cross of Gold

• The Silver Standard

How did the Transcontinental Railroad impact farmers?

• Lower shipping costs, creating an overstock of crops

• Higher shipping costs, making it economically impossible for farmers to get out of debt

• It sent crops overseas, ensuring farmers could not recoup their loss of the crops that were sent by the governement

• It only allowed farmers to ship good within their state, making interstate trading difficult

New job opportunities in the North and West for African Americans would be considered which of the following?

• A push factor

• A pull factor