Westward Expansion & Industrialization Review

What piece of legislation distributed free land in the Great Plains and primarily attracted farmers?

• The Homestead Act

• The Interstate Commerce Act

• The Dawes Act

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

This law was aimed at assimilating Native Americans by offering reservation land on the condition of renouncing their tribes...

• The American Indian Citizenship Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Dawes Act

• The Meat Inspection Act

What invention limited the "open range" and led to the decline of the cowboys' importance?

• The Steam Locomotive

• Barbed Wire

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Bessemer Process

This invention was completed in Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 and united the East and West coasts of the United States.

• The Transcontinental Railroad

• The Steamboat

• The Stagecoach

• The Aeroplane

Assimilation is the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of another group or nation.

• True

• False

The Populist party was most attractive to

• Business people

• Farmers

• Teachers

• Whigs

Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?

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

Farmers support the ________standard for money.

• Bimetallism

• Gold

Although the Populist Party did not last long, these proposals did become law:

• Income Tax & Direct Election of Representatives

• Direct Election of Senators & Postal Savings-Banks

• Income Tax & Free Coinage of Silver

• Income Tax & Direct Election of Senators

Which of the following always hurt farmers?

• Gold Miners

• Railroads

• American Indians

• Exodusters