Where are they?
The Nez Pierce
Where is Washington State?
May 10, 1869 this event took place.
What is the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
There were 3 major parties at the time, the Republicans, the Democrats and one other.
Who were the Populist?
Newspapers used this to get ideas across to the people, even if the masses did not read.
What is a political Cartoon?
A political movement of farms also known as the "Patrons of Husbandry".
What is the Grange Movement?
The Navajo were forced to live these people, their longtime enemy?
Who were the Apache?
This form of water travel was almost ended completely by the railroads.
What is Canal Travel.
This party believed in the unlimited coinage of silver.
Who were the Populist?
He used the political cartoon to fight Boss Tweed of Tamany Hall in NYC.
Who is Thomas Nast?
The man who founded the original Grange movement in 1867.
Who is Oliver H. Kelley?
Reservations for the Walla Walla and Shoshone Indians were located in this state.
Where is the State of Oregon?
This idea was completed when the railroads were completed from sea to sea.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Part of the Populist party platform.
What is a graduated income tax?
He wrote of the damages of corrupt politicians and was a popular writer of the time.
Who is Mark Twain?
Over a 30 year period, falling commodity prices hit this group hard.
Who were American Farmers?
The Battle of Little Big Horn took place in this territory.
Where is Montana?
The only immigrant group coming from the east, which helped build the railroads.
Who were the Chinese?
When a political figure rewards loyal party workers with little regard for their abilities or qualifications.
What is the spoils system?
A famous political Cartoon drawn by Joseph Keppler, showed a cluster of businessmen glaring down on the Senate.
What was the Bosses of the Senate?
The rising cost of farming and falling price of farmed goods created this financial problem for famers.
The Territory/State with the largest Population of Indians forced onto reservations.
This state is Oklahoma?
This political party wanted to grant the US Government the authority to run the Railroads.
Who are the Populist?
Tamany Hall in New York (and other groups like it across the country) were organized to control the political area by a few "Bosses".
What is a political machine?
Changes made to awarding jobs in the government by expertise, regardless of the political party.
What is Civil Service Reform?
A member of the Populist party and a fiery speaker, who also advocated for women's suffrage.
Who is Mary Elizabeth Lease?