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WorksheetsWestward Movement
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 25mins
Compliance with the provisions of this law allowed a Native American to:
enlist in the military.
own property.
create a sovereign government.
become a U.S. citizen.
The process where one person or group blends and becomes part of a larger group
cultural diffusion
amalgamation
assimilation
cultural absorption
Which of these did the Homestead Act do?
Allowed settlers to build two-story homes
Allowed settlers to settle into Florida
Allowed settlers to claim 160 acres in the West for free
All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:
Native Americans were moved to reservations.
Native Americans died from new diseases.
Native Americans were paid well for their land.
Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.
What did Native Americans use the Buffalo for?
Food
Shelter
Clothing
All of the above
To receive a homestead title from the government, the person who filed the claim had to improve the land and live on it for a period of
ten years
five years
two years
one year
True or False: After living on the homestead for the full number of years and farming it, the homesteader would receive the land free (except for a small filing fee).
True
False
Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?
To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise food prices
To raise campaign contribution limits
To reduce economic inflation
To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions
Democratic
Targaryen
Who won the election of 1896 and 1900?
Teddy Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Who was the Populist/Democratic candidate for President?
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
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.
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
Cattle drives and ranching were year-round jobs for who?
Buffalo Soldiers
Farmers
Indians
Cowboys
Why did so many African American men choose to live life in the open range and not in the cities?
Pork and beans was a meal only given on cattle drives
Less discrimination on the open range
Less discrimination in the city
Indians were more friendly on the open range
A reason why people are drawn TO another area to live.
push factor
pull factor
expansion
conquest
A reason why people choose to LEAVE one part of the country and move to another is referred to as
push factor
pull factor
expansion
conquest
The passage of the Dawes Act in 1887 was an attempt by the United States government to:
limit the power of the government.
return eastern land to Native American Indian tribes.
encourage Native American Indians to give up their culture and way of life.
hire Native American Indians as military generals.
The aim of the Dawes act was to:
give land to the Canadians.
Maintain traditional Native American Indian cultures.
assimilate Nativ e American Indians into American culture.
end all governmental contact with Native American Indians.
Represented the farmer and working man. Government ownership of railroads, bimetallism, and direct election of senators.
Populist Party
Reservation System
Dawes Act
Homestead Act
What was one of the earliest and most popular cattle trails?
Western Trail
Goodnight- Loving Trail
Chisholm Trail
Eastern Trail
What was the main issue of the 1896 election?
Adjusting Immigration standards
Establishing new foreign relations policy
Which metal would be the basis of the nation's currency
Westward Expansion
Beyond the thousands of business failures and millions of unemployed Americans, the (7)_________________________________(F-J) led to further consolidation of railroads at the hands of investment companies like J.P. Morgan’s. In fact, at the turn of the 20th century, seven powerful companies controlled over two-thirds of the nation’s railroad tracks. (C.1.b)
F. Panic of 1893
G. Interstate Commerce Act
H. monopoly
I. Trust
J. Sherman Antitrust Act
“Society advances where its fittest members are allowed to assert their fitness with the least hindrance.”
This idea, advanced by Herbert Spencer, would be fully embraced by a support of which ideology? (C.1.c)
Anarchism
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Marxism
To receive a homestead title from the government, the person who filed the claim had to improve the land and live on it for a period of
ten years
five years
two years
one year
All of the following were effects of the government's policies on Native Americans EXCEPT:
Native Americans were moved to reservations.
Native Americans died from new diseases.
Native Americans were paid well for their land.
Native Americans were stripped of their culture due to assimilation.
