Test Review

Each of the following essays will be on the test.  Each 1 is worth 40 pts.

Essay 1:  The Passage of three government acts paved the way to settlement of the

                 West.  Comment.

Essay 2:  By breaking its own policies, the government (in the 1800's) forced Native

                 Americans to resist relocation, which still has lasting effects today.

                 Comment.

You will be asked to define and give the significance of 5 of the following Id Terms.  (5pts each)

push-pull factors

Pacific Railway Acts

Morrill Land Grant Act

land speculator

Homestead Act

Exoduster

Great Plains

nomad

reservation

Battle of Little Big Horn

Ghost Dance

Massacre at Wounded Knee

assimilation

Dawes Act

boomers

sooners

placer mining

long drive

homesteader

soddie

dry farming

bonanza farm

Turner thesis

stereotype

money supply

deflation

monetary policy

bimetallic standard

free silver

Bland-Allison Act

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

the Grange

Interstate Commerce Act

Populist

Cross of Gold Speech