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WorksheetsChapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a huge reservation change?
White settlers wanted the land on the Plains
NativeAmericans refused to remain on the Plains
Native American population decreased and needed less land
The Plains failed to meet the needs of the Native American peoples
Which was NOT central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians?
the horse
the buffalo
the extended family
land ownership
Former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains
Nacirema
Exodusters
Populists
Scalawags
Most responsible for bringing an end to the wide open range?
Native Americans
barbed wire
disappearance of the buffalo
cattle trails
The purpose of the Homestead Act was to
prevent African Americans from settling the West
settle Native Americans in farming communities
make money for the government
encourage white families to develop the West
The Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and Morrill Land Grant Act all
encouraged settlement of the West by the American government
gave land in Kansas to African Americans willing to settle and farm it
promoted slavery in new territories
gave 160 acres of land to Native American families
This area was originally inhabited by highly developed Native Americans and became a source of conflict with white settlers
The Ozarks
The Great Plains
The Sierra Nevadas
The Great Basin
Animal central to the life of the Plains Indians
Prairie Dog
Buffalo
Wolf
Whitetail Deer
Allowing animals to roam freely
closed range
loose range
oven range
open range
What is the Grange?
An organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads.
An organization through which Native Americans attempted to combat the power of the US Government.
What cattlemen and farmers fought over in the "Grange Wars."
A type of silo used for storing grain.
What type of people were Goldbugs?
bankers and business men
farmers and laborers
sailors and merchants
tailors and gunsmiths
Gave 160 acres of western land to anyone who promised to farm.
Homestead Act
Haymarket Act
Freeland Act
Indian Removal Act
At what battle did the Sioux Indians defeat the US Army?
Little Big Horn
Bull Run
Antietam
Santa Fe
Killed at Little Bighorn along with all his men by Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians.
George A. Custer
Sitting Bull
Henry Dawes
Stonewall Jackson
Political Party that pushed for an income tax & direct election of Senators
Federalists
Democrat
Populist
Republican
The term for the plan to “Americanize” the Native Americans.
Exoduster
Ghost Dance
Assimilation
Soddy
A large, single crop farm.
Soddy
Plantation
Sharecropper
Bonanza Farm
Which of the following contributed to ending the open range:
Drought
Barbed wire
Overgrazing
all of these
The political movement that tried to help the farmers and laborers was called:
Populism
Democracy
Communism
Socialism
Monetary system that would use both gold and silver in exchange for paper money and checks. This would increase the amount of money in circulation.
Gold Standard
Bimetallism
Organization created to educate farmers on financing, home loans and government control of railroads and banks
Farmers Alliance
Populism
Soddy Movement
AARP
Was passed in 1862and 1890; gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges
Homestead Act
Morrill Acts
Dawes Act
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Last battle of the Indian wars in which the Seven cavalry killed 300 unarmed Natives
Red River War
Bloxholm War
Battle of Wounded Knee
Fork Hills Battle
Act that broke up reservation lands to distribute to individual Native Americans
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
Assimilation Act
The grassland region of the United States/La region de pastizales de Estados Unidos
La Pampa/ The Pampa
Great Plains /Grandes Praderas
The Steppes/ Las Estepas
Why did the Americans massacre the Sioux at Wounded Knee?
For revenge of the Little Big Horn
for doing the Ghost Dance
Because they thought they were about to attack a city.
,What were 2 reasons white people settled the west? Cuales fueron dos razones para los blancos a colonizar el Oeste?
to kick out the Mexicans and spread Mormonism/Para echar los Mexicanos y difundir el mormonismo
To hunt buffalo and marry Native American women /para cazar bufalo y casarse con las amerindias hermosas
for gold and to own their own land/para oro y tierra propias
Which of the following was the pre-Populist organization to help address farmer's economic needs as well as education and social isolation?
Progressives
Democrats
Settlement Houses
Grange
William Jennings Bryan's famous Cross of Gold speech is about...
The acquisition of colonies to increase employment opportunities.
The creation of a national park system
A policy of bimetalism to help farmers with raising crop prices.
Higher tariffs to protect American goods from foreign cometition.
Which of the following always hurt farmers?
Gold Miners
Railroads
American Indians
Exodusters
Agricultural overproduction, scarcity of money, high shipping costs, debt, and rural isolation.
Monopoly
Farmers Problems
Pull Factors of Westward Expansion
Cross of Gold Speech
Stores where farmers bought and sold goods to each other.
Market
Sharecrop
Grange Range
Cooperative
Which group united to reduce the power of railroads and banks over farmers?
Farm Bureau
Great Plains
Democrats
Farmers' Alliances
What explanation below explains why railroad companies were able to charge high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s?
There was a great deal of competition between various railroad companies
The railroads foreclosed on many farms and took the farmers’ properties
The railroad companies had essentially no competition.
They were able to charge high prices because the railroad companies owned the Grange.
