Gateway Chapter 3 U.S. History

What was the main goal of the Dawes Act?

• To preserve tribal landholding system

• To support Native American economic prosperity

• To promote individual land ownership and agriculture

• To encourage communal living and cultural traditions

How did the Dawes Act affect tribal landholding?

• It increased the size of tribal lands

• It had no impact on tribal landholding

• It preserved the communal landholding system

• It divided lands into individual allotments

What was the result of the privatization of tribal lands under the Dawes Act?

• Expansion of tribal lands

• Preservation of cultural traditions

• Increased economic prosperity for Native Americans

• Catastrophic loss of tribal lands

What was the long-lasting effect of the Dawes Act on Native American nations?

• No impact on cultural identity

• Economic prosperity and stability

• Complete assimilation into mainstream society

• Struggle to reclaim cultural heritage and ancestral lands

Party of the farmer and working man. Wanted government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators.

• Populist Party

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• Homestead Act

Transcontinental railroad, discovery of precious metals, cheap land, and Indian relocation.

• Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

• Improvements to the West

• Populist Party

• Farmers Problems

Address by William Jennings Bryan promoting bimetallism to help farmers pay off their debts

• Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

• Farmers Problems

• Monopoly

• Cross of Gold Speech

1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners with the goal of turning natives into farmers. Led to sell off of Indian lands.

• Reservation System

• Dawes Act

• Populist Party

• Homestead Act

Agricultural overproduction, scarcity of money, high shipping costs, debt, and rural isolation.

• Monopoly

• Farmers Problems

• Pull Factors of Westward Expansion

• Cross of Gold Speech

In the argument of the coinage of silver, what would be the end result?

1. A. Silver used as coinage as well as gold

2. B. More money supply

3. C. Inflation

4. D. ?

• Silver being used for jewelry.

• More money available means government has more control over farmers.

• More money available means farmers can pay their debts

• Railroads accept payment in silver.