Unit 4, Chapter 26

Question 1

Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876)

Answer 1

• particularly violent example of the warfare between whites and native Americans also known as “custer’s last stand”
• started when the US government tried to compel Native Americans to stay on the reservation when the natives tried to defend their territory

Question 2

Battle of wounded knee (1890)

Answer 2

• Battle between the US Army and the Dakota Sioux
• tensions arrested over two major issues
  - dispute over breaking up the Sioux, due to the Dawes act
  - Sioux practice of the ghost dance

Question 3

Dawes Severity act (1887)

Answer 3

• broke up Indian reservations and disputed land to individual households
• leftover land was sold for money to fund US government efforts to civilize natives

Question 4

Mining industry (second half of the 19th century)

Answer 4

• after gold and silver strikes in the western territories fortune seekers rushed west to dig
• after the surface metals were removed people sought to ways to extract ore from underground
• lead to the consolidation of the mining industry

Question 5

Mechanization of agriculture (1870s-1880s)

Answer 5

• development of engine driven machines, such as the combine, helped dramatically increase the productivity of land
• The process contributed to the consolidation of agriculture business that drove many family farms out of existence

Question 6

Populists

Answer 6

• represented Westerners and southerners who believed that the US economic policy inappropriately favorite eastern businessman instead of the nations farmers
• people’s party
• proposals included nationalization of the railroads, a graduated income tax, and the coinage of silver

Question 7

Pullman strike (1894)

Answer 7

• A strike by railroad workers of set by drastic wage cuts
• Led by Eugene Debs but not supported by the AFL
• strike highlighted divisions within labor and the government new willingness to use armed force to combat work stoppages

Question 8

4th party strike (1896-1932)

Answer 8

-The term scholars have used to describe national politics when Republicans had a tight grip on the white house and issues such as industrial regulation and labor concerns became paramount replacing order concerns such as civil service reform and monetary policy

Question 9

Gold standard act (1900)

Answer 9

-guaranteed that paper currency would be redeemed freely in gold putting an end to the already dying free silver campaign

Question 10

Reservation system

Answer 10

• The system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west beginning in the 1850s and ending with The Dawes severality act of 1877
• native Americans were encouraged and sometimes forced to stay on the reservations