Chapter 28 (29 Online) Review Questions 2022 PDF

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These are notes for chapter 28 (29 in the US History book) that answer the questions on the document. Use chapter 28 to answer the review questions....

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Chapter #28: Guided Reading Questions The Clash of Cultures on the Plain 1. Describe the effect of westward expansion on Native Americans. The westward expansion affected Native Americans in many ways. Migration and conflict were factors that have always played a role even before the arrival of the whites. When the whites arrived they spread diseases like cholera, typhoid, and smallpox among the native Americans. They also shrunk the bison population, hunting and grazing the natives’ livestock. This led to the reservation system which created boundaries for the territory for each tribe and tried to separate the Indians into two colonies (north and south). Receding Native Americans 2. How was the West "won?" What impact did it have on Native American and American life? The west was won by exterminating most of the native population and stealing their land. This was a deliberate act of state policy. When the whites arrived they spread diseases like cholera, typhoid, and smallpox among the native Americans. They also shrunk the bison population, hunting and grazing the natives’ livestock. The End of the Trail 3. What did the government do to try to assimilate Native Americans? The government tried to assimilate boarding schools and teach Christianity to the native Americans. They also tried to get natives to settle down and become farmers in the Indian removal. When the whites arrived they spread diseases like cholera, typhoid, and smallpox among the native Americans. They also shrunk the bison population, hunting and grazing the natives’ livestock. Unhappy Farmers 4. How did nature, government, and business all harm farmers? The good soil of the West was becoming poor, and floods added to the problem of erosion. Beginning in the summer of 1887, a series of droughts forced many people to abandon their farms and towns. Farmers were forced to sell their low-priced products in an unprotected world market while buying high-priced manufactured goods in a tariff-protected home market. Farmers were also controlled by corporations and processors. Farmers were at the mercy of the harvester trust, the barbed-wire trust, and the fertilizer trust, all of which could control the output and raise prices to high levels. Even though farmers made up ½ the population in 1890, they never successfully organized to restrict production until forced to do so by the federal government 50 years later. The Farmers Take Their Stand 5. How did the Grange attempt to help farmers? The Grange attempted to help farmers by getting them organized in relation to their crops. They helped the farmers figure out what they needed to grow and when they needed to grow certain things to get the best prices. Prelude to Populism 6. What steps did the Farmers’ Alliance believe would help farmers?

The steps taken by farmers in the Farmers' Alliance were to operate free mills and gins that small farmers could use. They believed in graduated income taxes, sub-treasures-warehouses, and government ownership of railroads. By doing this they thought it would improve the small farmers up against the big, wealthy farmers. Coxey’s Army and the Pullman Strike 7. Why did President Cleveland send in federal troops during the Pullman Strike? President Cleveland sent federal troops during the Pullman Strike because the railroad workers had stopped the trains, harming commerce in the US. The Pullman Palace Car Company was hit hard by depression and cut wages by ⅓. This causes the workers to go on strike paragliding railway traffic from Chicago to the pacific coast. Golden McKinley and Silver Bryan 8. Was William McKinley a strong presidential candidate? Explain. Yes, Mckinley was a strong presidential candidate since he was wealthy and when going against Bryan he had more means to get his message across. Most of his fortune was created in the iron business and converted to the role of president maker. He was honest, earnest, tough, and direct. Class Conflict: Plowholders versus Bondholders 9. “The free-silver election of 1896 was probably the most significant since Lincoln’s victories in 1860 and 1864.” Explain. The quote is trying to express how the outcome was a big victory for large businesses, big cities, middle-class values, and financial conservatism. The Republican victory of 1896 also started a Republican hold on the White House for 16 consecutive years. Republican Standpattism Enthroned 10. Did McKinley possess the characteristics necessary to be an effective president? Yes, because Mckinley accepted the commoner’s beliefs, he related and won. When he took office the tariff issue had played second fiddle to silver and forced itself to the fore. New rates that were purposeful were high....