Worksheets9-2-2020
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following correctly describes a belief of Native Americans toward the land of the Great Plains?
Native Americans believed that starting a business on the land would give them a stake in the country.
Native Americans believed that they had forfeited rights to the land because they did not improve it.
Native Americans believed that they should not be allowed to hunt on their traditional land.
Native Americans believed that land was unable to be owned.
How did the buffalo influence Native American life on the Great Plains?
It allowed the Native Americans to hunt more effectively.
It allowed the Native Americans to travel farther on the plains.
It provided the Native Americans with more speed and mobility.
It provided the Native Americans with many of their basic needs.
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act?
to offer free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was the head of the household
to grant railroads 10 square miles of public land for every mile of track laid in a state
to punish ranchers and cattlemen who fenced open lands without permission
to give federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
How was life for women different in the West?
Most western women focused solely on managing the household.
Women in the West worked alongside men as equals.
Most women in the West joined labor unions.
Women were unable to vote in the West.
Which of the following economic situations did American farmers face in the late 1800s?
Select the two correct answers.
increasing debt
high crop prices
high costs for shipping
n increase in the money supply
a surplus of good land for farming
THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
The economic reforms proposed by the Populists included an increase in the money supply. This would produce a rise in prices received for goods and services. The Populists also wanted bank regulation, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program. They further called for government ownership and regulation of railroad and telegraph companies. The proposed governmental reforms included the election of U.S. senators by popular vote, single terms for the president and the vice-president, and a secret ballot to end vote fraud. Finally, the Populists called for an eight-hour workday and restrictions on immigration.
The proposed changes were so attractive to struggling farmers and desperate laborers that in 1892 the Populist presidential candidate won almost 10 percent of the total vote. In the West, the People's Party elected five senators, three governors, and about 1,500 state legislators. The Populists' programs eventually became the platform of the Democratic Party. Populists kept alive the concept that the government is responsible for reforming social injustices.
Which of the following political reforms did the Populist Party include in its platform?
eliminating income taxes
outlawing the use of the secret ballot
using a popular vote to elect U.S. senators
allowing presidents to serve an unlimited number of terms
Which of the following were part of the Populist Party platform?
Select the three correct answers.
restricting immigration
regulating the railroads
ending all income taxes
adopting the secret ballot
decreasing the money supply
Which of the following led to a decrease in the price of beef and helped to end the open range?
a surplus of cattle
a surplus of grazing land
an increase in demand for beef
an increase in the occurrence of “Texas fever”
Why did most African Americans migrate West from southern states in the late 1870s?
to own land in a place where freedoms would not be restricted
to come to work on the transcontinental railroad
to avoid fighting for the South in the Civil War
to join the speculators looking to find gold
Why was the Morrill Act of 1862 significant?
It was the first time the federal government provided assistance for higher education.
It was the first act to grant women the right to vote and hold office.
It improved the economy by offering citizens free land for farming.
It increased the population in the West and closed the frontier.
