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CHAPTER

13 GUIDED READING Cultures Clash on the Prairie

Section 1

A. As you read about the conflicts that occurred during the settlement of the Western
frontier, answer questions about the time line below.

1858 Discovery 1. How did the discovery of gold affect the settlement of the West?
of Gold
in Colorado

1864 Sand Creek Massacre 2. What happened at Sand Creek?

1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie 3. What were the terms of the Treaty of Fort Laramie? Why did it fail?

1874 Invasion by gold miners

of the Sioux’s sacred
Black Hills

1876 George A. Custer’s Last 4. What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Stand
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1887 The policy of assimila- 5. What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
tion formalized in the
Dawes Act

1890 The Spread of the 6. What happened at Wounded Knee Creek?

Ghost Dance move-
ment; the death of
Sitting Bull; the Battle
of Wounded Knee

B. On the back of this paper, identify Sitting Bull and describe how he tried to deal
with the problems his people faced.

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CHAPTER GUIDED READING Settling on the Great Plains

13
Section 2

A. As you read this section, note how each of the factors listed below (Causes) helped to settle
the West and turned the eastern Great Plains into the nation’s “breadbasket” (Effects).

Causes Effects

1. Land grants given

to the railroads

2. The Homestead Act and

related laws passed in
the 1870s

3. Inventions and
improvements in
farm technology

4. The Morrill Land Grant Acts

and Hatch Act

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C. On the back of this paper, explain homesteader, soddy, and bonanza farm.

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CHAPTER
GUIDED READING Farmers and the Populist
13 Movement
Section 3

A. As you read this section, take notes to answer questions about the pressures that
made farming increasingly unprofitable.
In the late 1800s, farmers faced increasing costs and decreasing crop prices.

1. Why had farming become unprofitable during 2. Why did farmers support bimetallism or
this period? “free silver”?

In 1892, farmers and farm organizations, such as the Grange, found support
in Populism and the People’s Party.

3. What economic reforms did the People’s Party 4. What political reforms did the party call for?
call for?
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In 1896, the Populists supported presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.

5. What factions did Bryan and the Populists see 6. In what ways did the results of the 1896 election
as opposing forces in the presidential election confirm this view?
of 1896?

B. On the back of this paper, note who Mary Elizabeth Lease and Oliver Hudson
Kelley were. Then, briefly explain the relationship between inflation/deflation
and the “Cross of Gold” speech.

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