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| What gave 160 acres of land to anyone who could farm it for 5 years? | Homestead Act |
| Where states had land they could use to est. colleges & universities? | Morrill Land-Grant Act |
| What was the name of the two RR's crisscrossing the country? | Union & Central Pacific |
| The early homes on the plains were called.... | soddy |
| At this time, the "official" policy on Indian Affairs was to.... | move them further west & to "civilize" them |
| Which Indian tribe resisted the govt. the most? | Sioux |
| Which General was defeated by the Indians? | Gen. George Custer |
| Where was Gen. Custer defeated? | Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| What was the conflict between the soldiers & the Indians in which over 200 Indians were killed? | Battle of Wounded Knee |
| Beside the Sioux, what other Indian tribe actively protested? | Nez Perce |
| What Indian rituals were supposed to terrify the settlers, return the buffalo, & bring their ancestors back to fight? | Ghost Dances |
| Which act was meant to "civilize" the Indians by making them take up farming and destroy Indian tribal life? | Dawes Severalty Act |
| What was it called when the govt. opened up the Indian territory land to settlers? | Oklahoma Land Rush |
| Because of problems with the economy, the govt. enacted what type of money policy? | "tight money" where they took paper money out of circulation |
| To help the economy, the govt. wanted every dollar in circulation to be backed by a similar amount of gold. This was called the.... | gold standard |
| What did the farmers form in 1867 to provide support for each other? | the Grange |
| While the Grange was a support group at the local level, the support groups at the state & national levels were called the.... | Farmer's Alliances |
| What stated that the fed. govt. could regulate interstate RR rates? | Interstate Commerce Act |
| What was designed to try and control the power of trusts & monopolies? | Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) |
| The Farmer's Alliances met and formed what party? | Populist Party (People's Party) |
| Who won the election of 1896? | Rep. William McKinley |
| Who ran against William McKinley in the election of 1896 on the Populist platform? | William Jennings Bryan |
| A view of the West that said the frontier had created a society that was committed to self-improvement, democracy, & were socially mobile... | Frederick Jackson Turner's ...Turner Thesis |
| What was the speech William Jennings Bryan gave against the Gold Standard? | the "Cross of Gold" speech |
| The two main RRs that extended their lines Westward in 1862-64... | Union Pacific & Central Pacific |
| How did Texas ranchers get their cattle to market? | with the Cowboys & cattle drives |
| The Dawes Severalty Act was meant to.... | civilize or assimilate the Indians |
| What was the 1st major strike in US History? | RR Workers Strike in 1877 |
| Union who offered memberships to everyone... | Knights of Labor |
| Riot in Chicago where several were killed... | Haymarket Square Riot |
| Which union lost members because of the Haymarket Riot? | Knights of Labor |
| Craft and skilled workers union.... | American Federation of Labor (AFL) |
| Who was the leader of the AFL Union? | Samuel Gompers |
| Unions typically supported the "Bread & Butter" issues. This was.... | higher wages & shorter hours |
| Big strike at the Carnegie Steel Co. was the? | Homestead Strike |
| Big strike against the Pullman Palace Car Co. was the? | Pullman Strike |
| The "New Immigrants" were mostly from..... | Eastern Europe, Russia, & Italy |
| Where did immigrants enter the country in NY? | Ellis Island |
| Where did immigrants enter the country in CA? | Angel Island |
| Which act limited Chinese immigration? | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Which act said that Asian immigrants couldn't own land anywhere in CA? | Webb-Alien Land Law |
