The Mining Boom
This 1849 event in California started the gold craze.
What is The Gold Rush
These Mexican laborers taught cowboys their skills.
Who is Vaqueros.
The Homestead Act gave families this many acres of land.
What is 160.
This party was also known as the "People's Party."
What is the Populist Party.
This Republican candidate won the 1896 election.
Who is, William Mckinley.
Miners used this term for "striking it rich."
What is Bonanza?
What fraction of cowboys were African American.
What is 1/4.
To keep their free land, families had to live there and do this.
What is, To make Improvements.
Populism began as small groups of people called this.
This Democrat-Populist lost the election but shared new ideas.
Who is, William Jennings Bryan.
Name one mineral besides gold that was mined.
What is, Silver or Coppper?
Cowboys usually traveled in groups called this.
This 1862 law gave away free land in the West.
What is The Homestead Act.
Name one of the two main farmer groups mentioned.
What is the Grangers, or the Farmers Alliance.
Populists wanted these politicians to be elected directly by the people.
Who is, The Senators.
These people usually made more money than the individual miners.
Who is, Claim Owners.
Most cowboys were physically this size to help their horses.
What is small.
Farming was lonely because pioneers were cut off from this.
What is, Society.
Populists tried to create this to raise crop prices.
What is, Inflation.
William Jennings Bryan failed to win any states in this U.S. region.
What is, the Northeast.
The mining boom led to this famous "town" found in many cities.
A cow in Texas could sell for this many times more in Chicago.
What is 12 times.
Selling crops was hard because there was too much of this.
What is product and surplus.
The Populist Party worked to fix these types of markets.
What is, the Workers Market.
Name one reform Bryan wanted (like a type of tax).
What is, the Income Tax or Secret Ballot.