USH 1: Westward Expansion and The New South_Key Terms and People

1862 law granting 160 acres to settlers for a small fee, promoting Western migration.

• Homestead Act

• Morrill Act

• Dawes Act

• Pacific Railway Act

Post-Civil War economic boom driven by demand for beef and railroad expansion.

• Cattle Industry

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Growth

• Railroad Expansion

Relating to farming/agriculture; central to debates over economic policies.

• Agrarian

• Industrial

• Urban

• Commercial

Catalyst for Western migration (e.g., Gold Rush) and environmental exploitation.

• Agricultural Expansion

• Railroad Development

• Mining Industry

• Industrial Revolution

The 1887 law divided Native American tribal land into individual allotments, eroding tribal sovereignty.

• Dawes Act

• Indian Reorganization Act

• Homestead Act

• Treaty of Fort Laramie

1894 nationwide railroad strike protesting wage cuts, leading to federal intervention.

• Pullman Strike

• Haymarket Affair

• Great Railroad Strike

• Homestead Strike

Only non-consecutive president (1885–1889; 1893–1897); opposed bimetallism.

• Grover Cleveland

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Benjamin Harrison

1887 law aimed at regulating railroad rates and curbing monopolistic practices.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Railroad Regulation Act

• Monopoly Control Act

• Transportation Fairness Act

President (1877–1881) who ended Reconstruction, leading to Jim Crow laws.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• James A. Garfield

• Chester A. Arthur

1892 Populist Party candidate promoting free silver coinage, graduated income tax, government ownership of railroads, and labor protections.

• James B. Weaver

• William Jennings Bryan

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson