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Ch. 1 Western Expans
Ch. 1 Western Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sioux war chief | Sitting Bull |
| the last major Native American victory | Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| Before the transcontinental railroad, each community relied on ________ time. | Solar |
| Becoming like the larger, stronger culture | Assimilation |
| Moving from one place to another | Nomadic |
| Caused the government to step up military actions | Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| caused a decrease in crop prices | Supply |
| was supported by Democrats and Populists in the 1896 presidential election | William Jennings Bryan |
| started in Sacramento, California, and was built east across the Sierra Nevada Mountains | Central Pacific railroad |
| started in Omaha, Nebraska, and was built west across the Great Plains | Union Pacific railroad |
| Used the top layer of prairie soil to build homes | sodbusters |
| supported by opponents of the free silver policy to prevent inflation | gold standard |
| formed cooperatives that allowed farmers to keep more of their profits | grangers |
| compared themselves to Hebrews who escaped slavery in Egypt | Exodusters |
| offered 160 acres free to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for five years | Homestead Act |
| What is true about cowhands? | They learned to round up, rope, and ride from Native Americans |
| Why did some citizens in the West form vigilante groups? | Rapidly growing cow towns had no local governments |
| What problems did miners face? | Dust caused lung problems, and cave-ins could trap people |
| How did Grange cooperatives help farmers? | They helped farmers keep more of their profits |
| Why did the Dawes Act fail? | Many Native Americans did not want to become farmers |
| Why did Populists support free silver? | An increase in the money supply could help drive up crop prices |
| Why did we develop the standard time? | Solar time caused problems for people who scheduled long-distance trains. |
| T or F: The West were the first states to grant women the right to vote and own land. | True |
| What are Native American's religious beliefs based on? | They are based on nature, the environment, and spirits. |
| The parts of the West that were mainly occupied by Native Americans were known as | The frontier |
| Land from the government that forced Native Americans to move to a new place? | a reservation |
| T/F: In western Nevada, miners discovered a lode, or deposit of valuable mineral buried in layers of rock, that was known to many as the "Big Bonanza? | True |
| T/F: English-speaking white settlers in the Southwest were called buffalo soldiers by the native Mexicanos? | False: Anglos |
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