Native America Relations
Nez Percé leader Chief Joseph delivered a famous surrender speech in which he declared, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more..."
What is forever?
This core group of rural workers made up the primary base of support for the Populist Party in the 1890s.
Who are small farmers?
Persistent political gridlock between Congress and the White House in the late 1800s led to this outcome regarding legislative activity.
What is little meaningful legislation being passed?
Because timber was scarce on the Great Plains, homesteaders built their houses using blocks made of this natural material.
What is sod?
According to crop valuation data between 1866 and 1896, this staple crop experienced the largest total drop in price per bushel.
What is wheat?
The primary effect of confining Native Americans to these designated areas was the severe restriction of their traditional nomadic way of life.
What are reservations?
To combat falling crop prices and high debt, Populists proposed increasing inflation by minting coins made of this metal.
what is silver?
President Ulysses S. Grant's presidency is widely remembered for corruption because he allowed this group of people to engage in misconduct.
Who are members of his administration (or political appointees)?
This 1862 law granted 160 acres of public land to settlers who agreed to build a road, dig a well, and live on the land for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
The sudden drop in Chinese immigration to the United States around 1882 was caused by the passage of this federal law.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Captain Richard H. Pratt advocated for this process, which encouraged Native Americans to adopt mainstream American culture and values.
What is assimilation?
Based on the congressional elections of 1894, Populism held its highest concentration of support in this region of the United States.
What is the Southeast (or South)or scattered support in West?
This famous political cartoon subject was the political boss who plundered millions of dollars from New York City's treasury.
Who is Boss Tweed (or the Tammany Ring)?
According to land use records from the era, this Southern state was the primary center for the cattle ranching industry and drive trails.
What is Texas?
This 1873 legislative act halted the minting of silver coins, provoking outcry from farmers who favored inflation.
What is the Coinage Act of 1873?
Unlike the reservation system which granted land to entire tribes, this 1887 act assigned individual land plots to Native American families to encourage farming and individual ownership.
What is the Dawes General Allotment Act?
This umbrella organization unified smaller local groups across the South and West to lobby for government regulation of railroad rates and bank interest.
What is the Farmers' Alliance?
This government hiring system bases appointments and promotions on candidate qualifications and merit rather than political party loyalty.
What is the civil service system?
Disputes often arose between farmers and cattle ranchers because farmers demanded rights to this essential natural resource.
What is water?
The federal government encouraged large mining companies to develop the West by providing land grants and issuing these for new technological inventions.
What are patents?
Author of the 1881 book detailing the long history of government cruelty and broken promises toward Native American tribes.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
Democratic and Populist presidential candidate famous for giving the "Cross of Gold" speech and breaking tradition by actively traveling the country to campaign.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
The civil service system was created to replace this practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs regardless of qualification.
What is the spoils system?
Discrimination and loss of land holdings were major struggles faced by this minority population following Anglo American expansion into the Southwest.
Who are Mexican Americans?
The debate over currency standards centered on the ratio of silver-to-gold valuation advocated by free silver supporters, famously expressed by this numeric ratio.
What is 16 to 1?