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1) Who was Sitting Bull?
Leader of the Sioux who fought Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn
2) Who was General Custer?
US general who lost at the Battle of Little Bighorn by charging in, was surrounded, and killed
22) How did Populists appeal to voters?
Answers may vary; by creating a common enemy, talking about the issues that people really cared about, using religion as a common starting point, etc.
9) What was a transcontinental railroad?
Railroad that spanned the nation
19) What problems were farmers facing in this time period?
Trapped in a cycle of debt, crop prices fell dramatically, railroads took advantage of farmers
3) What was assimilation?
Movement to force natives to give up their way of life to join white culture
11) Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Made it rich in the steel industry
8) Who was William Jennings Bryan?
Democrat candidate for president who lost the election; known for the Cross of Gold speech
6) What was Populism?
Political movement known as the movement of the people
14) Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Founded Standard Oil Company, formed trust, would pay low wages
23) How did railroads encourage economic growth?
It took a lot of supplies to build railroads and as new towns popped up around the railroads, new markets were developed
4) What was the Battle of Wounded Knee?
US cavalry killed 300 unarmed Native Americans. This battle ended the Indian wars.
5) What was the Homestead Act?
Offered 160 acres of land free to any head of house
24) Why did workers begin to organize?
Workers organized around issues concerning bad working conditions like low pay, safety concerns, etc.
10) Who was George M. Pullman?
Built the railcar factory on the Illinois prairie and a town for his employees
7) Who was William McKinley?
Republican candidate for president who won the election
15) What was the Haymarket Affair?
Protest of police brutality, violence erupts, public turns against the labor movement
17) What was the Pullman Company Strike?
Strike when people laid off and wages were cut (but rent stayed the same). Federal troops stepped in.
16) What was the Homestead Strike?
Strike at Carnegie steel plant over low prices, National Guard reopens the plant
18) What were the views of land in this time period (Native American and settler)?
Native Americans: land could not be owned
Settlers: land could be owned, Native Americans had forfeited their right to the land by not improving it
12) What was Vertical Integration?
Buy out suppliers to control materials
13) What was Horizontal Integration?
Merge with competing companies
20) What was the gold standard? Which political party favored it and why?
Gold standard wanted to back currency with gold only. Republicans wanted it because they tended to represent industrial areas that wanted a stable economy.
25) How did workers begin to organize (give a specific example)?
Workers organized into unions (like the American Federation of Labor, the American Railway Union, and the Industrial Workers of the World)
21) What was bimetallism? Which political party favored the gold and silver standard and why?
Bimetallism wanted to back currency with both silver and gold. Democrats wanted it because they tended to represent farming areas where people needed more money to fight debt