Ch. 6 U.S. History Study Guide
Which of the following best describes the lives of typical western homesteaders in the late 1800s?
Difficult and lonely
Which of the following most accurately describes agriculture in the South after the Civil War?
Dominated by cotton
How were the government's laissez-faire policies challenged in the late 1800s?
Economic policies allowed private businesses to operate freely.
During Reconstruction, Southern agriculture
Focused on cotton and tobacco
How did new railroads benefit western cattle ranchers?
It provided a way to transport meat to eastern markets
Civil Rights Act of 1875
law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation
Chief Joseph
led a group of refugees on a trek of more than 1,300 miles to Canada
The first great boom in the West was spurred by
mining
Farmers' Alliance
network of farmers' organizations
assimilate
to be absorbed into the main culture of a society
How did the South keep railroad construction costs down?
used prison labor and lobbied the federal government
The Ku Klux Klan
used violence and intimidation
open-range
vast area of grassland on which livestock roamed and grazed
Homestead Act
1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizen willing to live on and cultivate it for five years
Sand Creek Massacre
1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
Dawes General Allotment Act
1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots
Wounded Knee
1890 confrontation between US cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance
Edxodusters
African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War
Which of the following accurately describes the effects of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments on the lives of the Southerners?
Black southerners had more political and economic freedom
Which of the following revoked Souther blacks' civil rights?
Local and state laws
Why was the Farmers' Alliance formed in the 1870s?
Lower prices for supplies
The open-range system of raising livestock was originally developed by
Mexican vanqueros
What was one effect of the conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers?
Native Americans lost the ability to efficiently resist white settlement
Which of the following was a factor that limited the economic recovery of the South after the Civil War?
New cities rose up in Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee
How did railroads influence the growth of western territories?
Railroads spurred the foundation and expansion of towns along the western rail route.
How did Southern blacks lose rights in the years after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments?
Some white Southerners used state legislation, segregation, and violence to limit the freedoms of blacks
The assimilation of Native Americans was a goal of
The Dawes General Allotment Act
Why was the removal of the Nez Perces particularly harsh?
The Nez Perces had turned their 160 acre allotments into successful farmland
Which of the following threatened the livelihoods of Southern farmers?
The boll weevil
Which of the following was an effect of the transcontinental railroad?
The population of the West increased
How did the U.S. government respond to attacks by the Sioux Indians in eastern Minnesota?
They pushed the Sioux into the Dakotas.
Which of the following best describes Native Americans' situation at the end of the Indian Wars?
They were forced to move west or north or to live on reservations.
Little Big Horn
a battle led by Crazy Horse that killed Custer and all of his men
Sitting Bull
assembled to drive out the prospectors; led the Sioux with Crazy Horse
land grant
land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, or railroads
Cash crop
crops grown for sale
What was a central goal of Henry Grady's idea for a New South?
developing industry
Native American civilizations were threatened by
diseases introduced by white settlers
Which of the following caused serious conflict among various groups of people in the West?
ethnic and economic tensions
reservations
public lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government
transcontinental railroad
rail link between the easter and the western United States
In contrast to white settlers, Native Americans viewed nature as
sacred
vigilante
self-appointed law enforcer
Homesteaders on the plain usually built homes of
sod
Starting in the mid-1800s, hoards of people traveled to the West out of a desire to
strike it rich by finding gold or silver
