He was the founder of Standard Oil, eventually controlling the oil industry.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
100
He was a Sioux Indian chief who fought at Little Big Horn.
Who was Sitting Bull?
100
This Act was put into action to foster government research about Agriculture.
What is the Hatch Act
100
This was the first large scale national organization of laborers.
What was the National Labor Union.
100
Silverites felt that using Silver and Gold to back currency would do this.
What is stimulate the economy/make more money available.
200
He controlled many industries including the Steel industry. He also believed in the "Gospel of Wealth"
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
200
This event was the end of the Indian Wars, and also the way of life of the Plains Indians
What was Massacre at Wounded Knee?
200
This Act was put in place to start Agricultural Colleges. Michigan State was one of the first.
What is the Morril Act.
200
This union was considered very radical as it had a Socialist agenda of creating a world wide labor movement that would change governments.
What was the IWW--Industrial Workers of the World (or the wobblies)
200
He was a silverite that ran for president many times, the first time running as both a Populist and Democratic candidate. He lost.
Who was William Jennings Bryan
300
He founded the Grange.
Who was Oliver Hudson Kelley?
300
This was the process of Americanizing the native peoples.
What was Assimilation?
300
This Act gave families 160 acres if Western land at no cost, if the family would settle and improve it with in 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act
300
This meant you were working for a company that had a "Company Town"
What is the company forced workers to live in company owned housing, and shop at company owned stores, much to the profit of the company.
300
This party never elected a national candidate and disolved after the 1896 election, but left a legcy of reform.
What is the Populist Party?
400
He founded the American Federation of Labor
Who was Samuel Gompers?
400
This was NOT a central concept to the First People's way of life. They felt that doing this would anger spirits, while setters wanted to do this in order to make money and start a new life.
What is ownership of land.
400
This Act outlawed activites that interfered with free trade.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
400
The devestating fire at this sweatshop lead to many reforms in working conditions, child labor and employee safety.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
400
The Gold Standard would cause this:
What is deflation of prices/increase in the value of money?
500
This labor organizer led the "Children's March to protest child labor practices.
Who was Mary Harris "mother" Jones?
500
This governement act called for Native Americans to be given thier own land to own and start farms. I never worked because much of the lnad an money never made it to the intended people
What was the Dawes Act
500
Government recalling of these hurt farmers because they needed to pay back bank loans with money that was more expensive than the money they borrowed.
What were Greenbacks?
500
Big business used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to stop this.
What is organized labor activites (picketing, striking, boycotting).
500
The Populist Party's ideas such as the silver standard and labor reforms were "absorbed" by this party.