In addition to its anti-alcohol crusade, the Womens Christian ...

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Question 1

Why did reformers consider the Indian reservation system a failure? What did they want to put in its place?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What were the goals of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Describe the Alliance movement of the 1880s.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

In addition to its anti-alcohol crusade, the Womens Christian Temperance Union __________.
 
  A) worked to put an end to the settlement house movement
  B) fought for racial equality
  C) lobbied on behalf of the Democratic party
  D) sponsored homes for unwed mothers

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Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Reformers pointed out that life on the reservation was incompatible with traditional Indian life.
  


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  At the same time, the reservation system kept Indians isolated and unprepared to join mainstream American society.
  


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  In 1879 reformers began to call for the assimilation of Native Americans into American life.
  


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  Reformers believed that Indians should adopt white middle-class Protestant values.
  


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  Reform also received support from people who simply wanted to claim Indian land.
  


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  The Indian boarding school movement sought to convert Indian children to Christianity and to force them to abandon their Native culture and learn literacy skills.
  


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  The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 allowed reservation land to be divided into separate farms for individual Native American families.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Under the leadership of Terence V. Powderly, the Knights of Labor sought to unite all workers.
  


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  According to the Knights, business monopolies and corrupt politicians everywhere shared a common interest in exploiting the labor of ordinary men and women
  


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  The Knights advocated a return to the time when workers controlled their own labor and received a just price for the products they made.
  


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  In condemning the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, the Knights drew on the ideas of popular social critics of the day.
  

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  1.Bad weather, mechanization, and the uncertainties of the marketplace contributed to a radical turn in farmers politics in the 1880s.
  


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  The Southern Alliance originated in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.
  


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  The Northern Alliance developed on the Great Plains.
  


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  Both of these large regional groups found adherents in the mountain West.
  


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  Most Alliance members were small farmers who felt powerless to influence the businesspeople and politicians who affected their livelihoods.
  


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  They saw themselves as the last line of defense against the corrupting influences of modern corporate capitalism.
  

Answer 4

Answer: D

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