Which immigrant group helped to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

Chinese immigrants

Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform? *

Silver Money and 8 hour work day

Led the Nez Perce Native Americans when they were removed from their homeland in Oregon and placed in Idaho and is famous for using the following
words, " We will fight no more, forever."

Chief Joseph

Who were the "Exodusters"?

African Americans who left the South and migrated to the west to find a better life

What was the most important invention/improvement responsible for the growth of American industry? *

railroads

This gave 160 acres of land for free to anyone willing to work the land for 5 years *

The Homestead Act

Which invention brought an end to the open range on the Great Plains?

barbed wire

America's realization of Manifest Destiny leads to the civilized conquering the frontier

Western Expansion

Which of the following is an effect of the Dawes Act *

Native Americans forced to Americanize and Forced Native Americans to become farmers

The first railroad to cross the United States was the *

Transcontinental Railroad

Who was the winner of the 1896 Presidential election? *

William McKinley

How were the railroads financed?

Government loans or grants

The name give to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late 19th Century was known as *

Exodusters

Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism?

the election of William McKinley

In the 1896 presidential election, the Democratic Party nominated William Jennings Bryan as their candidate. Bryan was also supported by which other
political party? *

Populist Party

Who were the "silverites"? *

farmers

What was the last armed conflict to take place between Native Americans and the U.S. Army? *

Wounded Knee

What was the effect of the Dawes Act of 1887? *

Many land allotments were given or sold to people who were not American Indians

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 resulted in *

temporary but severe limitations on the entry of Chinese immigrants

The Dawes Act impacted American Indians by

threatening their communal lifestyle

In the late nineteenth century, many farmers responded to falling grain prices by joining *

Populists

The idea that America has a divine given right to expand across the continent was expressed using the term

manifest destiny

Which of the following was MOST responsible for bringing an end to the open range?

barbed wire

Most Native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the US government by

ignoring the restrictions

The Intent of the Homestead Act was to *

encourage white families to develop the West