The West & the New South
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- Q1What effect did the White Intrusion have on the Native Americans?Push them into the East leaving them with less landSpread diseases because of the scarce amount of BisonCaused rivalries with other tribes as resources became limited1.3 Million Native Americans died because of Shingles30s
- Q2Plains west of the 100th meridian were considered to be....Too dry to support farmingFilled with GoldHad floods very oftenPopulated with over 2 billion horses30s
- Q3The reservation system is...A conditional release from incarceration during which a prisoner promises to heed certain conditionsa type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market, not the government.a system that allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west beginning in 1850 and ending in 1887the method in which a controlled amount of water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.30s
- Q4What was promised to the Great Sioux Reservation?Half of MontanaWeapons and cropsFood, Clothes and SuppliesLand in exchange for buffalo hides30s
- Q5Where was Sand Creek located?ColoradoCaliforniaNew MexicoUtah30s
- Q6What was the effect of low prices for the farmer?Insufficient products being produced to sustain a decent living.Not enough money to buy goods.Low prices diminished the value of products.If the price of wheat decreased, you still had to pay back the equivalent amount of wheat that was borrowed , which was sometimes twice as much.30s
- Q7How did static money supply and deflation begin to occur?Prices were raised.The importance of currency was neglected.Not enough dollars to go around and prices were forced down.Corporations began to take over land to continue buiseness.30s
- Q8How did farm machinery effect the economy?It increased their output of grain and lowered prices.Raised prices.Gave more job opportunities.Brought them out of debt.30s
- Q9How did corporations and processors effect farmers?Land was over assessed and they paid taxes.Helped them climb out of their debt.Allowed farmers to obtain more workers.They took land.30s
- Q10Who was Oliver H. Kelly?Avid buffalo hunter.Leader of the national Grange.President of the United States 🇺🇸White supremacist.30s
- Q11What was the Farmers' Alliance?A law passed to help farmers.A movement among American farmers.A movement among corporations.A new piece of machinery.30s
- Q12Who were populists?Special group of the government.People who regulated the population.Members of a political party that seeked to represent the interests of ordinary people.Another term for farmers.30s
- Q13What is inflation?Increase in prices, decrease in purchasing value.Increase in prices, decrease in purchasing value.Decrease in prices, increase in purchasing values.Decrease in prices, decrease in purchasing value.30s
- Q14What was the crime of '73?A law passed.Omission of the standard silver dollars from the coinage lawNew machinery for farmers.A murder that took place in 1873.30s
- Q15How did contraction effect the money supply in the 1870's?Opened up more job opportunities.It worsened the impact of depression but restored the governments credit rating.Reduced debt.It drew the country further and further into debt.30s