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    This study guide covers key topics about the western frontier in the US, including the transcontinental railroad, boomtowns, homesteading, cattle ranching, and the Populist Party. It defines important terms and asks questions about how the railroad opened the west to settlement, challenges of building the railroad, why cow towns developed, factors in the decline of the cattle industry, opportunities for women and African Americans in western settlement, how the Homestead Act encouraged settlement, presidential candidates in 1896, why farming organizations like the Grange and Alliance formed, and problems farmers faced that led to the Populist Party which advocated for "the people".

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    This study guide covers key topics about the western frontier in the US, including the transcontinental railroad, boomtowns, homesteading, cattle ranching, and the Populist Party. It defines important terms and asks questions about how the railroad opened the west to settlement, challenges of building the railroad, why cow towns developed, factors in the decline of the cattle industry, opportunities for women and African Americans in western settlement, how the Homestead Act encouraged settlement, presidential candidates in 1896, why farming organizations like the Grange and Alliance formed, and problems farmers faced that led to the Populist Party which advocated for "the people".

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    Ch 18 Study Guide – The Western Frontier

    US History

    Define – Subsidy

    Transcontinental

    Boomtown

    Sodbuster

    Homestead

    Brand

    Cooperative

    Populist Party

    How did railroads help open the West to settlement?

    What physical features and climates made building the transcontinental railroad
    difficult?

    Explain why cow towns developed

    Explain 2 developments that contributed to the collapse of the cattle industry in the
    mid 1880s

    What opportunities did settlement on the Plains offer for women and African
    Americans?

    How did the Homestead Act encourage settlement?

    Who were the Presidential candidates in the election of 1896?

    Why were granges and alliances formed?

    What problems did farmers face that led them to organize?

    ** Why do you think the Populists considered themselves to be a party of the


    people?

    This portion of the test will be worth somewhere between 20-25 points.

    Your PowerPoint will make up the other half of your test grade.

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