Chapter 8 and 9 Study Guide
CHAPTER 8
1. What new industries spread throughout the South in the 1880s? Why was economic recovery limited in its’ growth?
2. What kind of problems did farmers face in the 1870s? What groups sprung up to call action to these problems?
3. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do?
4. Describe what a reservation is and how it affected Native Americans?
5. Summarize what took place during the Sand Creek Massacre.
6. Summarize what took place during the Red River War.
7. Summarize what took place during the Battle of Little Bighorn.
8. Summarize what took place during the tragedy at Wounded Knee.
9. What happened to Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces?
10. Describe what assimilation means.
11. What did the Dawes General Allotment Act do?
12. In 3-4 sentences summarize the Transcontinental Railroad.
13. What is the open-range system? What invention put an end to it?
14. Describe the Homestead Act and who the “Exodusters” were.
15. Why did the frontier close?
CHAPTER 9
16. Describe the following terms and their effects on African Americans: Jim Crow Laws, poll tax, literacy tests, and
grandfather clause.
17. Describe the end result of Plessy v. Ferguson.
18. Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois.
19. What kind of discrimination were the Chinese faced with in the west during the Gilded Age?
20. What kind of discrimination were the Mexican-Americans faced with in the west during the Gilded Age? What two
groups came about to fight for Mexican-American rights?
21. Government during the Gilded Age was corrupt. Explain what the spoils system was and how the Pendleton Civil
Service Act fought against it.
22. During the Gilded Age, what problems did farmers face? What did the Grange do?
23. What were the goals of the Populist Party and who were their typical members? What successes did they achieve?
24. Why did the Populist Party endorse William Jennings Bryan?
25. Who won the election between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan? How did their campaigns differ?