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WorksheetsWestward Expansion, Native American Impact, and Populism
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
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1.
WHEREAS, We see that we cannot get our rights here in the midst of this class of uncompromising oppressors of our race, and since . . . the State can oppress and abridge our privileges as citizens of the State, and that there is no law of the United States to protect us from said abridgement and oppression; therefore Resolved, That we recommend to our race throughout the State to organize themselves into emigration societies for the purpose of leaving the State, provided our condition is not bettered by the authorities of the State.
—“Meeting of ... People in Convention at Richmond, Virginia,” reported in the Topeka Daily Capital, May 23, 1879
This resolution was passed by delegates who met to discuss the plight of which group of people?
—“Meeting of ... People in Convention at Richmond, Virginia,” reported in the Topeka Daily Capital, May 23, 1879
This resolution was passed by delegates who met to discuss the plight of which group of people?
a)
Irish immigrants facing nativist policies
b)
African Americans Exodusters fleeing discrimination
c)
Chinese workers attracted by the Gold Rush
d)
Native Americans forced off their ancestral lands
2.
What was the long-term impact of American expansion on Native American tribes in the American west after the Civil War?
a)
Most Native Americans were forced to flee to California, Canada and Mexico
b)
Most Native Americans were eventually assimilated into U.S. urban society.
c)
Most American Indians were forced onto reservations west of the Mississippi River.
d)
Most Native Americans were able to keep their ancestral land through the reservation system
3.
What impact did the transcontinental railroad have on the economy during the late nineteenth century?
a)
decreased the need for government regulation
b)
Led to the rapid assimilation of Native Americans into the American economy
c)
decreased the use of eastern rail lines in favor of newer western lines
d)
increased the level of western capitalism and industrialization
4.
“This strange admixture of doctrines, culled from the tenets of almost every religious, as well as pagan sect, is modified from time to time to better suit their materialistic views, increase their despotism of the church, and sanction their lustful pleasures…” -Life Among the Mormons, and a march to their Zion, William Waters
Why did many Mormons migrate to the western United States?
Why did many Mormons migrate to the western United States?
a)
to pursue gold mining
b)
to increase their material wealth
c)
to learn more about the Native Americans pagan beliefs
d)
to escape religious persecution
5.
Which conclusion is most clearly supported by the information in the map?
a)
The belief in laissez-faire economics prevented the federal government from giving land subsidies to railroads.
b)
The federal government promoted transcontinental railroad construction by giving large tracts of land to railroad companies.
c)
Western railroads generated little profit for their owners or shareholders.
d)
Railroad companies did not administer the land they needed for construction.
6.
What was the goal of the Interstate Commerce Act (1887)?
a)
To regulate the most controversial business practices
b)
To expand the positive impacts of the trusts
c)
To improve efficiency by favoring large businesses over smaller companies
d)
To increase government ownership of key industries
7.
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”– William Jennings Bryan
What was Bryan’s primary message in his famous “Cross of Gold” speech during the Election of 1896?
What was Bryan’s primary message in his famous “Cross of Gold” speech during the Election of 1896?
a)
The United States should adopt the gold standard.
b)
The United States should adopt a laissez-fair business regulation.
c)
The United States should include the words "In God We Trust" on its currency
d)
The United States should adopt bimetallism to promote inflation
8.
“The history of the Government connections with the Indians is a shameful record of broken treaties and unfulfilled promises. The history of the border, white man’s connection with the Indians is a sickening record of murder, outrage, and wrongs committed by the former, as the rule, and occasional savage outbreaks and unspeakably barbarous deeds of retaliation by the latter, as the exception.”
The above quote was most likely stated by which person below?
The above quote was most likely stated by which person below?
a)
General Custer
b)
Helen Hunt Jackson
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
President Ulysses Grant
9.
The above pictures show the same Native American. The picture on the left was taken before the Dawes Act and the picture on the right after.
Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?
Which statement below best defines assimilation, as referenced by the Dawes Act and in pictures above?
a)
The act of being individual, different from everyone else
b)
Act of being Americanized, being made part of society
c)
Process of encouraging uniform values
d)
Encouraging pro-business behaviors
10.
According to the map and your knowledge, what was the outcome of the election of 1896?
a)
McKinley defeated the Populist Party with support from northern industrialists
b)
The Democrats won a tight race over the Republican candidate with the support of agrarian society.
c)
The Republican party won and William Jennings Bryan became president
d)
The Republican party won but McKinley was defeated two years later in a tight race for the presidency
11.
“Up to our own day American history is the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, ...and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development.” - Prof. Jackson Turner
The above excerpt from Professor Turner's Thesis during the 1890's suggests that the American frontier:
The above excerpt from Professor Turner's Thesis during the 1890's suggests that the American frontier:
a)
was instrumental in the formation of an American character
b)
has mirrored colonial values and social patterns
c)
should be preserved for the free use of all people
d)
has had no effect on the growth of the United States
12.
Why did the population grow?
Population of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Year Population
1800 1,565
1810 4,786
1820 7,248
1830 12,568
1840 21,115
1850 46,601
1860 49,221
1870 86,076
Population of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Year Population
1800 1,565
1810 4,786
1820 7,248
1830 12,568
1840 21,115
1850 46,601
1860 49,221
1870 86,076
a)
westward migration following the Gold Rush
b)
land resettlement following the Dawes Act
c)
mechanization after the Bessemer Process
d)
The Great Migration of African-Americans to American cities
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