A.P. U.S. History
Mrs. Sanchez
Chapter 27-The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 27 Due by Wednesday, January 24, 2001

I.	Indians Embattled in the West
a.	Discuss the problems and conflicts that arose between the Native Americans and 
the white settlers.
b.	What lack of understanding existed between the federal government and the 
Native Americans?
c.	How did the government and white settlers mistreat the Indians?
II.	Receding Native Population
a.	What happened at Sand Creek, Colorado and at the Fetterman massacre?
b.	Describe the events leading up to and at Little Bighorn.
c.	What happened to the Nez Perce?
d.	Discuss the events related to the Apache resistance.
III.	Bellowing Herds of Bison
IV.	The End of the Trail
a.	What was the importance of Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor?
b.	How did the whites try to contain the culture of Native Americans?
c.	What happened at the Battle of Wounded Knee?
d.	What was contained in the Dawes-Severalty Act?
e.	When was full citizenship finally granted to the Native Americans?
V.	Mining:  From Dishpan to Ore Breaker
a.	Who were the "fifty-niners" or Pikes Peakers?
b.	What was the Comstock Lode and its impact?
c.	Why was the mining frontier important to the subduing of the continent?
VI.	Beef Bonanzas and the Long Drive
a.	How did the railroad change the cattle business?
b.	What was the importance of the "Long Drive"?
c.	What brought an end to the days of the long cattle drives?
VII.	Free Land for Free Families
a.	What was the Homestead Act of 1862 and why was it important to the settlement 
of the west?
b.	What were the problems surrounding the Homestead Act?
VIII.	Taming Western Deserts
a.	How was the railroad important in the development of the west?
b.	What problems did the sodbusters encounter?
c.	What was dry farming?
d.	How was the west finally made ready for cultivation?
IX.	The Far West Comes of Age
a.	Who were the "eighty-niners"?
b.	Why was 1890 a watershed date in American history?
c.	What did Frederick Jackson Turner write?
d.	What were the first national parks?

X.	The Folding Frontier
a.	What is the safety-valve theory?
b.	What is the truth behind the theory?
c.	Why is the trans-Mississippi west important in American history?
XI.	The Farm becomes a Factory
a.	How did life begin to change for the farmer?
b.	What were the bonanza farms and why were they important?
XII.	Deflation Dooms the Debtor
a.	What were the problems faced by the one-crop farmers of the west?
b.	Why did deflation pose such a problem for the farmer?
c.	What other problems did the farmer face?
XIII.	Unhappy Farmers
a.	What problems did nature present to the farmer?
b.	Any other problems????
XIV.	 The Farmers Take Their Stand
a.	Describe the Grange.  Leader. Goals. How did those goals change?
b.	How did the Grange get involved in politics?
c.	Describe the Greenback Labor Party.  Leaders. Goals. Effectiveness.
XV.	Prelude to Populism
a.	The Farmers Alliance.what was its goals?
b.	What problems did the alliance face?
c.	Who was Ignatius Donnelly?
d.	Who was Mary Elizabeth Lease?
e.	Why was the Alliance important?