Ch 18 Review America moves West

William Jennings Bryan supported the free silver movement

Deflation is an increase in the money supply and overall lower prices.

Granted more than 17 million acres of federal land to the states

How did ranchers transport longhorns to distant markets?

Which is a true statement about the growth of railroads in the late 1800's?

Where did the Chisholm Trail run to and from?

Black migrants to the West were called Exodusters because:

Two railroads that built the transcontinental railroads were the

The railroads in Texas led to all of these EXCEPT….____________.

What was the Great Plains known as?

What is a frontier?

The herding of cattle 1,000 miles or more to meet railroads

Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism?

Which treaty was the first major treaty between the U.S government and the Plain Indians

_____ Which animal was first used as livestock for the booming cattle industry?

What is a golden spike

What problem developed between ranchers and farmers?

To which group of people did Populism mostly appeal?

The US government attempted to assimilate Native Americans by

The cattle boom developed in the West when railroads were built to connect

Where did the Union and Central Pacific railroads met?

Where did the Railroads end before 1860?

Who was Annie Bidwell?

During the gold rush of the late 1800s, which of the following difficulties did miners face?

______ The leader of the US forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was ______.

The National Grange was a social and educational organizations for farmers. Grange is an old word for?

What were two ways the railroads changed life in America?

What made farming possible in the Great Plains?

The Come stock Lode lured people out East in hopes of striking gold

Dry farming is a method of farming that......

The Homestead act did not give Native American land to small farmers

Farmer's weapon against ranchers...?

Workers who took care of the ranchers cattle were called what?

What are Vaqueros?

Why were cattle drives profitable for Texas ranchers?

Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull are both part of the Sioux tribe

Dry farming was a new method of farming that kept the focus on water dependent crops.

All Native American tribes spoke the same language

Towns located near railroads to market and ship cattle 

The Trail of Tears was a 3 mile walk to a reservation.