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Ch.1 Sec. 4
Movement Westward
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anglo | English speaking settler in the Southwest |
| Dawes Act | divided reservation land into smaller plots for individual owners |
| Sitting Bull | Sioux war chief |
| Homestead Act | offered 160 acres free to anyone who agreed to live on and improve land for five years |
| sodbusters | used the top layer of prairie soil to build homes |
| assimilation | becoming like the majority culture |
| gold standard | supported by opponents of the free silver policy to prevent inflation |
| Exodusters | compared themselves to Hebrews who escaped slavery in Egypt |
| The Census Bureau | declared the frontier closed |
| Sandcreek Massacre | around 200 were killed by the Colorado militia |
| Wounded Knee Massacre | ended Native American armed resistance |
| nomadic | moving from one place to another |
| Battle of Little Bighorn | the government stepped up military action following this event |
| Chief Joseph | Nez Perce chief |
| Grangers | formed cooperatives that allowed farmers to keep more of their profits |
| Frontier Act | millions of settlers inhabited land that used to belong to Native Americans |
| What economic problems did farmers face? | less money for crops, high cost to run a farm |
| What is the free silver policy | Each coin is made of silver instead of gold |
| Why would some farmers be in favor of the free silver policy? | the silver policy would create inflation, which would cause prices to rise |
| Which economic policy did Bryan warn against in his speech? | the "free silver" policy |
| The populist party was organized by | Farmers |
| Populists favored backing money with silver beacuse | it would mean higher prices for crops |
| The efforts of the grange in the late 1800s led to | regulation of railroad prices |
| William McKinley won the presidential election of 1896 because | voters had gone through an economic crisis and were afraid of inflation |
| What is the intent of Native American boarding schools? | to teach them farming, English, Christianity, and wear American cloths. |
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