The Gilded Age (The West and Populist) 1-1

The primary object of the Dawes Act was to...

• promote cultural assimilation of American Indians

• turn American Indian reservations into corporate farmland

• end warfare between American Indians and the United States military

• promote American Indian investment in private industry

What is the best title for this list?

• How Sharecroppers Lived in the Deep South

• Ways Migrant Workers Lived in the Southwest

• How Miners Took Advantage of Gold Rush Opportunities

• Ways Settlers Adapted to Conditions on the Great Plains

Which factor facilitated statehood for the darker-shaded areas?

• The introduction of barbed wire throughout the Great Plains?

• The expansion of railway lines throughout the West

• The acceptance of Mormons by other religious sects in the East

• The peaceful integration of settlers with American Indian populations

The process described led to...

• peaceful resolution of territorial disputes with American Indians

• the establishment of agricultural communities on the American frontier

• federal regulation on agriculture

• a decline in immigration to urban areas

Describe the Gilded Age by its defining characteristics.

Explain the political issues and policies faced by the Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the Gilded Age.

Discuss the growth of railroads as an economic issue--the pros and the cons.