Unit 6: The Gilded Age Test (Part 1)

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Passed to ensure western land to settlers

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The Homestead Act

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This native group attacked settlers, but were ultimately defeated by the U.S. military.

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Sioux

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This act broke up Native American nations and offered them eventual citizenship.

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The Dawes Act

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What linked the country and encouraged settlement?

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Railroads

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By the late 1880s, how had the cattle industry changed?

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Cattle were raised on fenced-in ranches; there were no more open ranges.

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Why did the cattle industry collapse?

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Overproduction, Overgrazing and disease, Droughts and Floods

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The Wild West

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Was often viewed as exciting and romantic

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By the 1880s, power and prestige was shifting to

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Cities

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What was the reality of life on the plains?

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Weather presented challenges and life could be lonely and dangerous.

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Figures of the Wild West included: Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid.

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All of the above