Gilded Age Review

The purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad was to:

• connect the eastern and western parts of the United States

• expand trade with Europe

• establish new colonies in the West

• create a route for gold miners only

Westward Expansion expanded the West by:

• encouraging settlement and development of new territories

• reducing the size of the United States

• limiting migration to the East Coast

• discouraging economic growth in the West

Westward Expansion: The Homestead Act was:

• a law that gave free land to settlers in the West

• a treaty with Native Americans for land rights

• a tax on landowners in the West

• a railroad construction project

The purpose of the Grange movement was:

• to support farmers by promoting their economic and political interests

• to encourage westward migration of settlers

• to establish new railroads across the West

• to promote gold mining in the western territories

Westward Expansion: The Populist Party represented which group of people?

• Industrial workers

• Bankers

• Farmers

• Railroad executives

Westward Expansion: Identify a lasting impact of the Populist Party.

• Introduction of the direct election of Senators

• Abolition of slavery

• Establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913

• End of westward expansion

The purpose of William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold Speech” was to:

• advocate for the free coinage of silver to help farmers and working people

• support the gold standard to stabilize the economy

• promote industrialization and urban growth

• oppose any changes to the existing monetary system

The purpose of the Dawes Act was to:

• To assimilate Natives to the American way of life

• grant full citizenship to all Native Americans immediately

• establish new Native American reservations

• encourage Native Americans to move to urban areas

The Dawes Act did which of the following?

• Divided Native American land into individual allotments

• Granted full citizenship to all Native Americans

• Established reservations for Native Americans

• Banned Native American languages

Assimilation means:

• To make similar to one's culture

• the act of forgetting information quickly

• the process of creating new information

• the act of ignoring new ideas