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West. Ex. & Populism

Western Expansion & Populism U.S History Study Guide

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What was the Pacific Railway Act and why did the U.S. government pass it? 1862 & 1864 laws that provided land grants to railroad companies to build rail lines linking the east and west coasts of the U.S.; resulted in the Transcontinental Railroad (completed in 1869)
Railhead a town located along a railroad at the end of a cattle trail; cattle drives usually ended there
What was the Morrill-Land Act and why did the U.S. government pass it? an 1862 law that gave land to states to build agricultural and engineering colleges in order to teach new farming methods to use in the west
What was the Homestead Act and why did the U.S. government pass it? have 160 acres of land in the west to anyone who farmed and lived on it for five years
How did assimilation have a negative impact on American Indians? Because many of them lost their native culture by means of forcing more traditional European culture on them
What was the Dawes Act and why did the U.S. government pass it? an 1887 law that required the surveying and dividing of Indian lands; 160 acres set aside for Indian families to farm while the rest was sold
Inflation the price of everything goes up and interest rates go down
Why were Silverites named as such? Because they were in support of bimetallism (gold and silver)
Gold Standard system in which a nation's money supply is directly tied to the amount of gold it has (i.e. each dollar is backed by a determined weight of gold)
Bimetallism the use of gold and silver as the basis for a country's monetary system
Which group of people were for the gold standard and why? The "Gold Bugs" were businessmen and bankers who wanted the gold standard to keep a high value of money
Which group of people were for bimetallism and why? The "Silverites" were farmers and laborers who wanted high prices and rates to go up so that they could pay off their debt
George Custer Lt. Col. who led the U.S 7th Cavalry into a massacre by the Sioux Indians
Mary Elizabeth Lease a woman who traveled the U.S speaking in support of the Populist party and women's suffrage
William McKinley Republican candidate who won the 1896 presidential election; governor of Ohio; supported the gold standard (backed by industrialists and bankers)
William Jennings Bryan Democratic candidate who lost the 1896 presidential election; supported free silver (backed by populist party)
Deflation the price of everything goes down and interest rates go up
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