Chapter 7 Test

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What was one of the platforms of the populists?

More power to the governments.

The unlimited minting of gold.

More power to the states.

The unlimited minting of silver.

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What is a boomer?

People who sneak past the government officials and claim land.

People who travel from place to place.

People who farmed claims under the Homestead Act.

None of the above.

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How many acres of land could families claim?

160 acres.

250 acres.

50 acres.

300 acres.

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What is a Native American purification ritual?

Ghost Dance.

Wounded Knee Dance.

Wovoka Dance.

The Demon Dance.

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What did the women do in the homesteads?

Raised school children.

Cooked and cleaned.

Managed money.

All of the above.

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What were the two main ore deposits minned in the west?

Gold & Silver.

Gold & Zinc.

Zinc & Silver.

Iron & Gold.

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What was the purpose of the long drive?

To heard cattle to railway centers.

To ride from the east to the west.

To heard cattle to milking stations.

To heard buffalo.

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What land is protected by the Fort Laramie Treaty from the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Fetterman Hills.

Black Hills.

Little Bighorn Hill.

Red Cloud Hills.

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What did the Dawes Act do?

Divided reservation land into individual plots.

Required federal government to purchase and coin more silver.

It increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month.

All of the above.

10.

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What is a pull factor of the west?

Ethnic freedom.

Eastern farmland was expensive.

Religious freedom.

Homestead Act.

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