Chapter 13 History Test Questions – Flashcards
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Which of the following marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians?
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The massacre at wounded knee
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Why did the policy of treating the Great Plains as a hige deservation change?
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White settlers began wanting ghe land on the Plains
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Which of the following was not central to the life and cultire of the Plains Indians in the 1800s?
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Land ownership
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Who were the exodusters?
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Former slaves from the South who settled the Great Plains
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Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers ?
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The land was too difficult to farm
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Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of wide-open western frontier?
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The railroad
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Why did Plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimetallism?
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It would put more money in circulation
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Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism?
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The election of William McKinley
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Law that allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans
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Homestead Act
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Plan that sought to abolish Native Americans' traditional cultures
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Dawes Act
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Allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping hard in Albiene, Kansas
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Chisholm Trail
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Slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Americans that marked the end of the Indian wars in 1890
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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Offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household
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Homestead Act
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Provided warmth but no protection from snakes and insects
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Soddy
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Gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges
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Morrill Act
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Started an organization for farmers that came to be known as the Grange
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Oliver Hudson Kelley
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Policy that supporters hoped would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people
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Bimetallism
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Populist candidate who lost the presidential election of 1896
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William Jennings Bryan
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The Mexican vaquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas except
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Language
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The intent of the Homestead Act was to
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Encourage white families to develop West
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The Grange did all of the following except
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Support banks
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Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for
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Either gold or silver
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William McKinley won the election of 1896 because
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He had the support of the East and West
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He organized the Grange
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Oliver Hudson Kelley
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He was the winner of the 1896 presidential election
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William McKinley
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This party supported the adoption of the gold standard
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Republican Party
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The government began taking these out of circulation after the Civil War
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Greenbacks
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This political party turned the American two-party system into a three-party system
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Populist Party
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This was a monetary system in which the government would give people silver or gold in exchange for paper currency
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Bimetallism
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He was nominated by two parties as their candidate for the 1896 presidential election
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Williams Jennings Bryan
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This helped convince an undecided Democratic Convention to nominate Williams Jennings Bryan for president
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"Cross of Gold" speech
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This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program
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Populist Party
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Members of this party were mainly business owners and bankers from industrialized areas
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Republican Party
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This organization started out as a social outlet and educational forum for isolated farm families. It soon became a political voice for farmers
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Grange
