The populist party supported common people like farmers, laborers, and the poor. Bimetallism backed currency with gold and silver, while the gold standard used only gold. The Dawes Act hurt Native American culture by negatively impacting unity and allowing most lands to be taken by white settlers. Horses and buffalo hunting became central to Native American life and mobility. Railroads helped industries like iron, coal, steel, lumber and glass grow, forming towns like Chicago, Minneapolis, Abilene, Flagstaff, Denver, and Seattle as markets.

1. Chapters 5 & 6 Picture Review

2. What group(s) did the populist party support? The common people – farmer’s, laborers, poor people.

3. What was the difference between bimetallism and the gold standard? Bimetallism was a policy in which currency was backed by gold and silver, the gold standard was a policy in which currency was backed by gold.

4. Did the Dawes Act help or hurt the Native Americans and their culture? It hurt Native American culture by having a negative impact on Native American unity and most of the land eventually went to white settlers.

5. How did the buffalo and horse change the way of life for Native Americans? The horse gave them greater mobility and helped them to hunt buffalo which became a central food to the Native Americans.

6. What characteristics can be used to describe the “long drive”? Grueling, dangerous, dirty, and of course…long.

7. When and where was the United States’ first transcontinental railroad completed? Promontory, Utah – May 10, 1869

8. What types of people were commonly mistreated as railroad workers? Immigrants (Chinese & Irish)

9. What problem occurred for railroad crews when traveling from east to west? There were no time zones.

10. What were some of the industries that railroads helped to grow? Iron, coal, steel, lumber, & glass.

11. Name some towns that grew and were known for the markets from the railroad industry. Chicago, Minneapolis, Abilene, Flagstaff, Denver, Seattle

12. What was it like living in the town of Pullman? Clean living areas, all basic needs provided, controlled behavior.

13. What was the name of the construction company involved in the Union Pacific scandal? Credit Mobilier

14. How did the Grange help to regulate the railroad industry? By helping to pass laws that established maximum rates and prohibited discrimination.

15. In Munn v. Illinois did the Supreme Court rule in favor of the farmers or the railroads? The farmers. Why? The federal government has a right to regulate private industry to serve the public interest.

16. What did the Interstate Commerce Commission regulate? Railroads

17. What did the Morrill Act do? Gave federal land to finance agricultural colleges.

18. Why is Oklahoma called the Sooner State? Many people took possession of the land from the Homestead Act before the government declared it open.

19. What Native American chief was killed at the Massacre at Wounded Knee? Bigfoot

20. Who invented the typewriter? Christopher Sholes

21. What did Cyrus McCormick invent? The Reaping Machine.

22. Who invented the steel plow? John Deere

23. Who invented the incandescent light bulb and figured out a way to harness electrical power? Thomas Edison.

24. What was the name of Edison’s research lab? Menlo Park

25. What was the name of Edison’s research lab? Menlo Park

26. What protest broke out in violence with the police in Chicago? The Haymarket Affair

27. The Great Strike of 1877 involved which industry? The Railroad

28. Eugene Debs was thrown in jail for organizing what strike? The Pullman Company Strike

29. The Homestead Strike was singled around what company? The Carnegie Steel Company

30. Who was the oil tycoon who owned the Standard Oil Company? John D. Rockefeller

31. Who developed a cheap and effective manufacturing process for making steel? Henry Bessemer

32. What act outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade? Sherman Anti-Trust Act

33. What marked the collapse of populism? The Election of William McKinley (1896)