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Warm-up (9/29) West Test on Block Day What is the main idea of this cartoon? West Test on Block Day

Warm-up (9/30) West Test on Block Day What group formed the Populists? Name a reform Populists called for. Are Populists in favor or opposed to inflation? West Test on Block Day

7.1-Moving West

Moving West Frederick Jackson Turner – claimed frontier had played a key role in forming the American character (he didn’t even mention the massacre of Native Americans or the giving away of land) Rugged individualism, challenged, determined Frontier closes - 1890

Moving West Government Incentives Morrill Land Grant Act People wanted legal, private ownership of land Homestead Act of 1862: sold land for a low price Result: over 372,000 farms are created Morrill Land Grant Act Government distributed millions of acres to state governments In return, the state had to build colleges/universities on the land Ex.) Texas A&M and University of Texas

Diversity Spreads Settling in the East Italians & Irish Settling in the Midwest/Southwest Germans & Scandinavians Mexican – Mexican-Americans Settling in the West Chinese African Americans Exoduster: moved west to escape racial violence in the South – Nat Love

Populism Farmers Favor inflation Opposed to tariffs Favor inflation Prices go up Free-silver Political Party – get government to act 8 hour work day Graduated income tax Free coinage of silver Wm Jenning Bryan – 1896 Cross of Gold Speech

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