Farmers
This group was formed in the late 1800s to help farmers
The Grange
This party was a rural, agrarian, and working-class movement that called for an end to laissez-faire policy in favor of greater government regulation of business
Populist Party
Ritual popularized by Sitting Bull to bring back the buffalo and get rid of the white man
Ghost Dance
Self appointed lawmen in the West
Vigilante
This supreme court case upheld segregation as constitutional
Plessy v Ferguson
A collapse in the price of this crop led to economic woes for farmers
Cotton
Political candidate the Populist Party put forth in the 1892 presidential election
James Weaver
Last armed conflict between the US Army and Native American forces
Wounded Knee
Last armed conflict to occur between US and Native forces
Wounded Knee
African Americans who settled in the West
Exodusters
Framers insisted on government regulation of this
The railroads
This act reformed the civil service system by making it more difficult to obtain a government job
Pendleton Service Act
In 1864, a group of volunteer Colorado militiamen attacked a Native American encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, brutally killing men, women, and children
Sand Creek Massacre
An economic system where the federal government does not involve itself in the practices of businesses
Laissez-faire
This Civil Rights leader was in favor of building up opportunity and wealth within the African American community. Founded the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Farmers in large numbers began to support this political party
Populist
In the 1896 election, the Populist Party decided to back this Democrat political candidate
William Jennings Bryan
These two people led Sioux warriors to victory over George Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse
A major reason the Chinese Exclusion Act was implemented is due to this belief
Chinese immigrants were keeping wages down
This Civil Rights leader was in favor of demanding equal rights. Was a proponent of the Talented Tenth
W.E.B. Dubois
This destroyed cotton crops in the South during the late 1800s causing issues for farmers
Boll weevil
Andrew Garfield was assassinated by ______, a delusional office-seeker who felt Garfield owed him a government position
Charles Guiteau
Chief Joseph and _________ attempted to flea to Canada
Nez Pierce
The term Gilded Age was coined by _____ due to the time being glittering surface, yet corrupt underneath
Mark Twain
Laws that segregated people based on race
Jim Crow Laws