Politics
What was the name of the newly created plan to back U.S. currency with both silver and gold?
Bimetallism
Who won the Presidential election between McKinley and Bryan?
McKinley
What was the name given to a three month overland transportation of cattle?
Long Drive
Who was the leader of the Sioux, who won a major victory over General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull
What was the new uncharted and undeveloped lands out West known as?
The Frontier
What offered free land to western settlers?
Homestead Act
The "Grange" was an organization that fought for the rights of who?
Farmers
What was the name of the homes made on the frontier, usually dug out into a hill?
Soddy
What was the name of attack by U.S. soldiers on a Cheyenne camp, where 200 men women and children were killed ?
Sand Creek Massacre
What is the name of the vast grassy lands in the west-central portion of the United States?
Great Plains
What was the name of the political movement that emphasized the advancement of farmers and laborers?
Populism
What was the name of the American General who lost to the natives at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
George A. Custer
What was the name of the group of people who sympathized with farmers?
Farmer's Alliance
What was the name of the treaty where the Sioux Natives agreed to to live on a reservation?
Treaty of Fort Laramie
What was the name of the lands that were set aside or assigned by the U.S. Government where Native Americans were living after the Civil War era?
Reservations
What act helped establish agricultural colleges?
Morrill Act
What was the nickname given to African American who migrated and settled in the Western territories?
Exodusters
What is the name if the sturdy cattle, that is accustomed to dry grasslands ?
Long Horn
What was the type of wildlife that provided the main source of food, clothing and materials to build shelter for the Natives?
Buffalo
What was the name of a large single crop farm?
Bonanza Farm
What the name of the law that broke up Native American reservations?
Dawes Act
Republicans who supported William McKinley were nicknamed what?
Gold Bugs
How much free land was offered to settlers by the U.S. Government for anyone who would farm it for at least 5 years?
160 acres
What was the title of the plan to make Native Americans part of white culture and society?
What was the name of the massacre of Sioux Indians in South Dakota ?
Battle of Wounded Knee