Unit Test Review

Under the Dawes Act, the reservation land not allotted to American Indians was sold to specific tribes as reservation land. to American Indians who wanted more. to white settlers and railroad companies. to tribal chiefs to divide on their own.

to white settlers and railroad companies.

Women's suffrage in Arizona was granted by which reform measure? an initiative a recall a referendum a direct primary

initiative

The Grange specifically pressured state governments to regulate the sharecropping system. the crop-lien system. the alliance cooperatives. the railroad industry.

the railroad industry.

What was the main reason why the Grange started pressuring state governments about farming issues? The railroads charged small farms lower rates than large operations. The Grange was not allowed to open up cooperative farm businesses. Life for farmers was not improving as they continued to go into debt. Farming was becoming less important to the nation's food supply.

Life for farmers was not improving as they continued to go into debt.

The final battle in the American Indian Wars occurred at Wounded Knee. Little Bighorn. Sand Creek. Pike's Peak.

Wounded Knee

What did the People's Party believe would result from the government taking control of America's railroads and banks? Government control would prevent those industries from taking advantage of small farmers. Government control would force those industries to offer more jobs to the "common people." Government control would prompt banks and railroads to rely on gold coins instead of silver. Government control would end the inflation and rising costs caused by a shortage of currency.

Government control would prevent those industries from taking advantage of small farmers.

How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s? Populists wanted the government to make unlimited paper money. Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins. Populists wanted the government to keep the gold standard. Populists wanted the government to limit the amount of paper money.

Populists wanted the government to make unlimited silver coins.

Read the quotation from William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech."You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Which of the following best describes Bryan's opinion about currency? Working people do not make as much gold as the wealthy. Free silver would ruin the economy of the United States. The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States. Workers would prefer to earn gold coins instead of silver.

The gold standard hurts every worker in the United States.

In what year was the Women's Christian Temperance Union formed? 1859 1870 1874 1910

1874

Which of the following best describes William Jennings Bryan's political life following the 1896 election? After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as the president. After defeating McKinley, Bryan served as senator. After losing to McKinley, Bryan retired from politics. After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more.

After losing to McKinley, Bryan ran for president twice more.

In the 1870s, the US government began an American Indian policy of providing allotments of land. encouraging assimilation. confining tribes on reservations. forcing tribes to relocate.

encouraging assimilation

Why did a provision of the Interstate Commerce Act require railroads to make their rates public? so that railroad employees did not have to remember the rates so that railroad companies couldn't unfairly charge different rates so that railroads could operate more quickly and efficiently so that different railroad companies would know what to charge

so that railroad companies couldn't unfairly charge different rates

Critics thought that many officials appointed by political machines were qualified and honest. experienced and trustworthy. unqualified and corrupt. inexperienced and honest.

unqualified and corrupt.

Reform elements such as the recall, the referendum, and the initiative were primarily designed to give power to trusts. political machines. voters. monopolies.

voters