a system in which American Indians were able to keep their citizenship in their sovereign tribes
What is The Reservation System?
100
Colorado's territorial governor persuaded most of the warring Cheyenne to gather here
What is Fort Lyon on Sand Creek?
100
hardware store owner; eldest of the big 4 pioneers; best book keeper
Who is Mark Hopkins?
100
applied Darwin's idea of " survival of the fittest" to society
Who is Herbert Spencer?
100
survived the depression; picked up where the national labor had left off
What is the knights of labor?
200
a holy man preaching a new religion called the ghost dance
Who is Wovoka?
200
experienced wartime fundraiser and administrator, elected president at the woman's Christian temperance union founding in 1874
Who is Annie Wittenmyer?
200
wanted the transcontinental railroad over the Sierra mountains; gave his idea to the big four
Who is Theodore (Crazy) Judah
200
this act outlawed railroad rebates and kickbacks and also established the Interstate Commerce Commission to ensure that the railroad companies obeyed the new laws
What is The Interstate Commerce Act?
200
the country's first major railroad strike and witnessed the first general strike in the nation's history
What is The Great Railroad strike of 1877?
300
wrote a book named "A Century of Dishonor" (1881), which told the mistreatment of Indians
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
300
ten of thousands of Irish and Chinese laborers laid the track and the two lines finally met here
What is Promontory, Utah?
300
enemy of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Who is Jay Gould?
300
labor leader who helped organize the Pullman strike; later became a socialist and president candidate
Who is Eugene Debs?
400
a native American movement that called for a return to traditional ways of life and challenged white dominance in society
What is the ghost dance movement?
400
big four pioneer; local grocery store owner; became governor of California; in memory of his son a University was built
Who is Leland Stanford?
400
big 4 pioneer; money-making genius; hardware store owner
Who is Carlos Huntington?
400
union leader; founded American Federation of Labor in 1886 to represent skilled urban craftsmen.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
500
big 4 pioneer; dry good store owner; construction leader; quit school at age 12; genius of the railroad
Who is Charles Crocker?
500
banker who used Carnegie's company as the foundation for the U.S. Steel Corporation
Who is J.P. Morgan?
500
first large scale U.S. union; founded in 1886 to organize skilled and unskilled laborers, farmers and factory workers