Western Frontier Flashcards
(10 cards)
Nomadic Hunters(Plains Indians)
Sioux and other tribes that travelled vast distances hunting buffalo
Ghost Dance
Ritual performed to bring back land, ancestors and buffalo
Wounded Knee
Native Americans kill for performing the ghost dance
Dawes Act
Gave land to native Americans to become farmers impact loss of culture
General Custer
Killed along with all his men at the battle of little bighorn
Impact of Buffalo hunting
Loss of Food, clothing, shelter, made it difficult to be a nomadic hunter
Impact of settlement on Native
American
Loss of Land, Culture, Buffalo
Populist Party
To help farmers and workers Regulate railroads Favored Bi Metal Standard
Bi metal Standard
Currency backed by both Gold and silver Favored by William Jennings Bryan
Who opposed the Bi Metal
Standard
McKinley, Republicans Big Business