Native Americans Under Pressure
West is Transformed
Corruption Plagues the Nation
Farm Issues and Populism
Mystery Box
100
a type of large, wild ox; the center of Native American life on the Great Plains
What is buffalo
100
a town that undergoes rapid growth due to sudden prosperity; spurred by mining
What is boomtown
100
During the Gilded Age, most US presidents were considered: strong/honorable or weak/corrupt leaders
What is weak/corrupt
100
Farmers wanted the U.S. government to mint more coins made of _______.
What is silver
100
*Daily Double*
What invention led to the end of the open-range system?
200
a ritual dance performed by Native Americans; the purpose was to restore traditional ways of life
What is Ghost Dance
200
a train route across the United States; led to an increase in western railway lines; connected East and West
What is Transcontinental Railroad
200
a system in which government jobs are awarded to loyal party workers with little qualifications
What is spoils system
200
Define populism
What is concern for ordinary people
200
an area set aside by the government for Native American tribes; Native Americans lived on these locations
What is reservations
300
a Native American tribe from the central United States; continually clashed with white settles over hunting grounds
What is Sioux
300
a law passed in the 1860s that encouraged further settlement and farming in the West; required the building of roads/wells
What is Homestead Act
300
the 20th U.S. president; his assassination sparked future leaders to reform areas of civil service
What is James Garfield
300
an American orator and politician from Nebraska; campaigned directly to the people while traveling the country
What is William Jennings Bryan
300
a battle between General George Custer and several groups of Native Americans; resulted in national outrage and to the loss of Native American land
What is Battle of Little Bighorn
400
the last major confrontation between US soldiers and Native Americans during the Indian Wars; between 100 - 250 Indians were massacred
What is Wounded Knee
400
a cattle driver from Mexico who developed the open-range system; inspired cowboys
What is vaquero
400
a political organization at the state, county, or city level; powerful bosses would reward loyal employees with jobs
What is political machine
400
an organization that rallied around the rights of farmers; formed to negotiate lower prices for supplies and railroad travel
What is Farmers Alliance
400
Americans sell enough ________ (type of food) each day to cover 100 acres.
What is pizza
500
a federal law intended to replace reservations with farmsteads for Native American families; each Native American family received 160 acres of land
What is Dawes General Allotment Act
500
a rebel Mexican-American group that targeted the property of ranch owners; burned houses and cut barbed wire fences
What is Las Gorras Blancas
500
a revised law that shifted the US government policy of back money with gold/silver; US began to discourage the minting of silver coins
What is Coinage Act of 1873
500
a campaign for state control of the railroads and grain elevator rates; persuaded the US government to increase railroad regulations
What is Granger Movement of 1875
500
a triangular region in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida; a number of ships and aircraft are reported to have disappeared mysteriously here
What is Bermuda Triangle
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