Changes in the Late 1800s
Exodusters
African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War
debates over routes
What caused the building of the Transcontinental Railroad to be delayed
Mexicans taught cattle ranchers how to round up cattle
What contribution did Mexicans make to cattle ranching
little meaningful legislation was passed
What did the gridlock between parties in Congress and the White House in the late 1800s lead to
His will and means to fight had diminished
What is the most likely reason Chief Joseph said, " I will fight no more forever"
debt due to falling crop prices
What type of issue were farmers facing in the late 1800s
one of the nations most influential banks failed
What was a central cause of the Panic of 1873
Their nomadic way of life was increasingly restricted
What was the primary effect of Native Americans being confined to reservations
it opened the west to settlement and development
What were the effects of the transcontinental railroad on the United States
the assassination of President Garfield
Which event brought about civil service reform
The prices of crops declined
Which factor contributed to the accumulation of debt among farmers?
small farmers
Which type of people were most likely to support the Populist Party in the 1890s
They were not able to prove legally in the courts that they owned the land.
Why did many Mexican Americans in the southwest lose their land in the late 1800s
to protect farmers from exploitation by the railroad companies
Why did the Populist Party call for government ownership of the railroads
Native Americans experienced challenges finding enough resources to meet their needs
Why was the popularity of buffalo hunting among white tourists so threatening to Native American civilization in the west
They drew public attention to corruption and corrupt individuals
Why were political cartoons such an effective weapon agains corruption
assimilated
absorbed into the main culture of a society
land grants
land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, or railroads
open range system
method of ranching in which the rancher allowed his or her livestock to roam and graze over a vast area of grassland
farmers demanded water rights from ranchers
what conflict arose between farmers and ranchers settling western lands
by not rooting out corruption in his administration
How did Grant contribute to the loss of confidence in American politicians
Native Americans lost more territory due to white settler expansion
How did white settlers' belief in manifest destiny affect Native Americans
he toured the nation, doing his own campaigning
How was William Jennings Bryan different from the majority of other presidential candidates of the era
regulate railroad and grain elevator rates
One of the main goals of the Grange was to
sod
Typical houses built by homesteaders adapting to their physical environment on the Great Plains, were made from
fiat money
currency not backed by gold or silver
Grange
farmers' organization formed after the Civil War
civil service
government departments and their non-elected employees
Spoils System
practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications
reservation
specific areas set aside by the government for the Indians' use
encouraged Indians to own private property
the Dawes general Allotment Act is an example of the Americanization movement because it
populism
the widespread participation of regular citizens in the political process and the inclusion of their concerns in political debate