The American West Outline

Question 1

Great Plains

Answer 1

Mostly flat, dry hard ground, brown grass, lack of moisture—-> no agriculture

Question 2

How did the people get to ten Great Plains?

Answer 2

They would be on their way to California or Oregon and would get stuck

Question 3

Original Name for the Great Plains

Answer 3

Great American Desert

Question 4

Exodusters

Answer 4

Freedmen that wanted to move to the Great Plains

Question 5

Why did the Exodusters want to move?

Answer 5

They wanted to escape the South after reconstruction ended. They went to farm because it was what they knew.

Question 6

Sioux Indians

Answer 6

Last organized Indian nation sine the others had been forced to move. They were buffalo hunters.

Question 7

Dry-farming

Answer 7

Used less water by digging to the third layer of soil (only a temporary fix—-> Dust Bowl)

Question 8

Why was there a need for railroads?

Answer 8

They didn’t have any and needed a way to feel their crop.

Question 9

Transcontinental Railroad

Answer 9

Sacramento, California to Omaha, Nebraska finished in may 1869

Question 10

What was living on the Great Plains like?

Answer 10

Lonely most had neighbors at least 10 miles away—> couldn’t socialize

Question 11

The Granger Movement

Answer 11

Aka the Grange was a social gathering let the people meet to socialize and talk started by Oliver Hudson kelley

Question 12

How did the Granger Movement evolve?

Answer 12

The men began to talk about work aka farming and in doing so learned that the railroads were charging them different prices to ship their crops to the same place

Question 13

What is significant about the Granger movement?

Answer 13

It was the first formal farmers union and led to the Granger Laws

Question 14

Granger Laws

Answer 14

Passed to protect farmers from being taken advantage of

Question 15

Where did cattle raising start?

Answer 15

Began in California but was pushed out during the Gold Rush

Question 16

Open Range Cattle Raising problems

Answer 16

Couldnt decide what cattle belonged to who leading them more prone to being stolen

Question 17

Branding

Answer 17

Solution to tell what cow was whose

Question 18

Barbed wire

Answer 18

Stopped open range farming but lowered the risk of the cattle being stolen

Question 19

How was cattle raising a problem for the Sioux?

Answer 19

Became issue for the buffalo (Sioux’s livelihood)–> gov’t hired buffalo hunters–> nearly wiping out the buffalo

Question 20

Buffalo Bill Cody

Answer 20

Hunter that told animated story of his hunts and ended up making a show called Wold West Show about the buffalo killings and interactions with the Sioux

Question 21

American policy with Natives

Answer 21

1. Didn’t want to fight(civil war just ended)
2. Just wanted to sign treaties (started with GW)
3. Relocate natives to smaller reservations

Question 22

Why did Sioux want to fight?

Answer 22

Wanted to keep land and prevent relocation

Question 23

General George Custer

Answer 23

Led soldiers to area around Little Big Horn River

Question 24

Battle of Little Big Horn

Answer 24

Sioux won-amer had too few soldiers and natives had passion to fight to death

Question 25

Sitting Bull

Answer 25

Spiritual and political leader of Sioux-policy was no surrender

Question 26

Crazy Horse

Answer 26

Led the Sioux into battle and surrounded Custer allowing them to win–> short victory as they started to lose

Question 27

Helen Hunt Jackson

Answer 27

Wrote “A century of dishonor” talking about policies against natives and calling out leaders like Washington

Question 28

What was the new policy towards natives?

Answer 28

Assimilation

Question 29

Assimilation

Answer 29

Was to bring the natives into society and change their customs–> forced some children to lea ‘ve their families for social boarding schools

Question 30

Dawes Act

Answer 30

Opened reservations lands for little $10 for 160 acres to live and work there for 5 years

Question 31

Last fight in response to Dawes Act

Answer 31

Battle at Wounded Knee

Question 32

Reason for Battle at Wounded Knee

Answer 32

Sioux were doing Ghost Dance which scared soldiers who stepped in causing a fight and 150 to be killed while the rest scattered–> last major war in Indian Wars

Question 33

Sand Creek Massacre

Answer 33

Colonel John Chivington attacked a Cheyenne tribe without restraint or reason

Question 34

Big Business and Agriculture

Answer 34

Farmers didn’t feel they were a part of big business

Question 35

When and who started big business

Answer 35

Started in the late 1800s by people like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt all who grew through business

Question 36

How did people grow through big business?

Answer 36

1. Monopoly-controlled entire market making prices high send quality maybe average
2. Trust-companies would work together and agree to control the market together
   Both made prices high

Question 37

Bimetallism

Answer 37

Monetary system in which the govt. would give citizens gold or silver for paper currency or checks

Question 38

Gold standard

Answer 38

Backing dollars solely with gold

Question 39

William McKinley

Answer 39

Nominated for pres. by republican party

Question 40

William Jennings Bryan

Answer 40

Won democratic nomination/Nebraska congressman editor of Omaha world-herald gave “cross of gold” speech