Gateway 3 and 4 Wild - The Opening of the West, Industry

What encouraged migration to the American West?

• Miners went West for Economic opportunities like discovering Gold and Silver.

• People went west to establish their own farms and ranches.

• The completion of the transcontinental railroad, the defeat of the Indians in the "Indian Wars," and the Homestead Act , which made land available to farmers at a low price or at not cost.

• All of these

Reservation Systems

• Federal troops were forced to live here after losing wars to the Native Americans.

• Native Americans were forced to move to new, undesirable lands. They were promised Federal support, but it often was not provided.

• A movement of people migrating from the East to the West.

• None of these

This gave Indian families the right to create private property from reservation land, and tried to "Americanize" them. It was a failure because it lacked respect for Indian traditions and led to a massive sell-off of Indian Lands.

• Dawes Plan

• Dawes Act

• Granger Laws

• None of these

This occurs when you have more crops than you need. It results in the prices of the crops going down.

• Agricultural Equilibrium

• Agricultural Shortage

• Agricultural Surplus

• None of these

The required the government to buy silver to help raise crop prices.

• Standard Silver Purchase Act

• Sherman Silver Purchase Act

• Surplus Silver Purchase Act

• Shortage Silver Purchase Act

A National Association of farmers' social clubs. They held meetings and shared ideas for farming.

• Populism

• The Grange

• Republicans

• Democrats

This regulated grain elevators (tall buildings storing grain) and railroads.

• Black Codes

• 21st Amendment

• Jim Crow

• Granger Laws

The first Federal Law to regulate business practices. It prohibited unfair rates (fees; charges) by railroads.

• Populism

• Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

• Farmers' Alliances

• Cross of Gold

These were organized in the late 1870's to fight abuses. They were formed by unhappy farmers.

• Farmers' Alliances

• Granger Laws

• "Cross of Gold"

• None of these

He was chosen as the Democratic and Populist candidate for President after giving a very famous speech.

• William McKinley

• William Jennings Bryan

• James Garfield

• James Polk