Ch. 6 and Ch. 7 Test Review
Use your textbook and notes to answer the following questions.
Due: Monday Oct. 10th Test Tuesday Oct. 11th
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What caused the first “boom” in the west?
Which group of people developed the open-range system?
How did ethnic and economic differences impact the various groups of people in the West?
How does the transcontinental railroad impact population in the West?
How did the railroads help the western cattle ranchers?
What pulled thousands of people to the West beginning in the 1850s?
Describe life for typical homesteaders in the late 1800s.
How do Native Americans view nature? How do white settlers view nature?
List the methods in which assimilation of the Native Americans was achieved.
Which Native American group has assimilated the most to white settler’s ways, but still forced onto
reservations?
Explain how Little Big Horn differed from Wounded Knee
Study the following vocabulary:
Transcontinental Railroad, assimilate, reservation, Homestead Act, open range, vigilante, Sitting Bull,
Why did the U.S. government want to remove Native Americans from western lands, and what strategies did
they use to accomplish this?
How did the government support large mining corporations and why would the government provide this
support?
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Which president during the Gilded Age was known for his integrity?
Which states set maximum rates for shipping as a result of the Granger movement?
What were postal banks AND which group got them established?
What did the Populist Party want established to raise crop prices?
What caused the Populist Party to lose its power?
Why did farmers oppose the gold standard?
Why did the Coinage Act of 1873 cause protests?
Why did Republicans support high tariffs?
What caused President Arthur to begin civil service reform?
Which group of people primarily supported the Populist Party?
How did political parties use the spoils system to become more powerful?
What were the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties in respect to tariffs and the gold
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When the farmers organized in the late 1800s, what demands did they make?
List the Populist Party’s platform.
Why were farmer’s profits decreasing when farmers increased their crop production?
Why was the Farmers’ Alliance formed in the 1870s?
Study the following vocabulary and people:
Populist Party, William McKinley, Oliver H. Kelley, William Jennings Bryan, Farmers’ Alliances
List 3 problems that farmers in the South and West faced after the Civil War and explain how farmers organized
to address these problems.
WAYBACK WEDNESDAY: (7.1) Which Supreme Court case established “separate but equal”?
WAYBACK WEDNESDAY: (7.1) What methods were used to limit rights of Southern blacks even after the passage
of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?