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USHistory Review 4
Goal 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inventor of mechanical reaper that contributed to mass production of wheat | Cyrus McCormick |
| Inventor of steel plow that made farming in dry, Great Plains possible | John Deere |
| Groups of farmers in West who joined to oppose unfair prices of railroad companies | Grangers |
| Blacks from the South who migrated to Kansas for cheap land on the Great Plains | Exodusters |
| Groups of immigrants who worked on building Transcontinental Railroad | Irish, Chinese |
| Leading spokesperson for the Populist Party who gave famous "Cross of Gold" speech | William Jennings Bryan |
| Name given to people who "rushed" to California to strike it rich in the gold rush | 49ers |
| People who received 160 acres of free land on the Great Plains were called | Homesteaders |
| People who migrated to present day Utah to escape religious persecution were called | Mormons |
| The leader of the people who migrated west to get religious freedom was | Brigham Young |
| The dry climate of the West forced farmers to modify farming methods | Windmills, dry farming, and steel plow |
| Development that lead to increased settlement and economic growth of the West | Transcontinental Railroad |
| Law that forced policy of assimilation on Native Americans | Dawes Severalty Act |
| Policy opposed by Populist Party because it limited amount of currency | Gold Standard |
| Populist desire to increase currency, raise prices, and reduce burden of debt | Bimetallism |
| Populist reform proposed to give Americans more say in who serves in Congress | Direct Election of Senators |
| Populist reform ideas to make government more democrative | Initiative, Referendum, and Recall |
| Book/movie that symbolized the struggles of farmers and Populists | The Wizard of Oz |
| 160 acres of free land to those who settled in the Great Plains | Homestead Act of 1862 |
| Law giving free land for establishment of schools and universities in West | Morrill Land Grant |
| Battle won by Indians over General George Custer that led their eventual defeat | Little Bighorn |
| Invention that impacted West by closing of the open range for the great cattle drives | Barbed wire |
| 1st government regulatory agency created to limited unfair business practices of Railroads | Interstate Commerce Act |
| The mining frontier began in this state at Sutter's Mill of 1849 | California |
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