Name:______

Chapter 13 Packet

  1. Document Based Questions: Read and analyze each document then answer the following questions.

1)“Cross of Gold” Speech – William Jennings Bryan

“It is the issue of 1776 over again. Our ancestors, when but three million in number, had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation; shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to seventy millions, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? No, my friends, that will never be the verdict of our people. Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is good, but that we cannot have it until other nations help us, we reply, that instead of having a gold standard because England has, we will restore bimetallism, and then let England have bimetallism because the United States has it. If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we will fight them to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

  1. Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech called for:
  1. the unlimited coinage of silver
  2. lower tariffs
  3. a revival of greenback paper currency
  4. renewed religious commitment for all Americans
  1. Bryan’s campaign positions on economic issues were very close to which of the following
    political groups of Bryan's period?
    A. Greenback Labor party
    B. Republican Party
    C. Populist Party
    D. Progressive party
  1. In the last sentence, why does the speaker say “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold?”

A. His desire to avoid persecution at all costs

B. His desire to pursue death for his cause

C. To appeal to the religious understanding of his audience

D. His desire to pursue a national religion

Carefully study the image below and answer a, b, and c.

A) Briefly explain the change between photo A and photo B

B) What Legal document have you learned about that was the cause for the changes you see?

A. Morrill Act

B. Treaty of Fort Laramie

C. Farmers Alliance

D. Dawes Act

C)Briefly explain why these changes hurt Native Americans in the long run.

Ch 13 Guided Reading Questions

Sec 1:

1. How did discovery of gold affect settlement of the West?

2. What happened at Sand Creek?

3. What were the terms of the Treaty of Fort Laramie? AND why did it fail?

4. What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

5. What was the purpose of boarding schools for Native American children (beyond education)?

6. List an example of a Native American boarding school?

7. Why was the Ghost Dance Movement considered dangerous?

Section 2

1. What country inspired the American cowboy?

2. How are Cattle Trail and Railroad connected?

3. How is barbed wire and the west connected?

Section 3

1. Why was land given away in the west?

2. What did Frederick Jackson Turner claim in his thesis?

3. In what two ways was he wrong?

4.Why did you think women in the west were often seen as equal to men?

5. How did Railroads mistreat farmers?

Section 4

1. Why did farmers want more money printed?

2. What is the difference between the Farmers’ Alliance and the Grange?

3. List 3 things the Populist party wanted.

4. What claim did William Jennings Bryan make in the Cross of Gold speech?

5. Why did Populism fail?