The Last Frontier
The New South
American Indians
Farmers
Farmers Organize
100
It our providence to spread over the entire continent.
Manifest Destiny
100
A system of farming but in place after the Civil War, largely beneficial to the land owner and not the poor blacks or poor whites who did all the work.
Sharecropping or Tenant Farming
100
The killing of 100 women and child...... wheeeeeew it a Ghost.
Sand Creek Massacre
100
Founded the Patrons of Husbandry also known as the Grange.
Oliver H. Kelley
100
The Farmers Alliance, Colored Alliance, and the Farmers National Alliance were collectively known as what organization.
The Farmers Alliance
200
This historian argued that the frontier was closed.
Frederick Jackson Turner
200
This court case established the concept of "Separate but Equal"
Plessy vs. Ferguson
200
This policy gave Native Americans 160 acre plots.
The Dawes Act
200
Farmers out west were known ___________
Sod busters
200
An African American scientist who experimented with peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soy beans.
George Washington Carver
300
The discovery of gold at Sutters Mills, set off a wave of westward movement in an event that became known as ...
The California Gold Rush
300
Laws meant to keep the races separate.
Jim Crow Laws
300
At this Battle U.S. Troops killed 150-300 men, women, and children.
The Battle of Wounded Knee
300
This law gave head of house hold 120 acres, but they had to live there for 5 years, make improvements, and pay a $10 registration fee.
The Homestead Act
300
By the late 1800s farming had become commercialized and specialized, resulted in high prices, leaving the farmer in a cycle of _____________
Debt
400
The discovery of gold in Colorado in 1859 brought 100,000 miners to the area.
Pike's Peak
400
This law require individuals to demonstrate a certain level of proficiency in reading before they could vote... do you understand.
Literacy Test
400
Sioux medicine man
Sitting Bull
400
This resulted in falling prices for the farmers.... Its simply a case of supply and demand.
Overproduction
400
The Farmers Alliance transformed into a Political Party called the ______________
Populist Party
500
This 1882 law forbade immigration of these specialized laborers.
Chinese Exclusion Act
500
This law required individuals to pay a fee before they could vote. Usually $2 or $4.
Poll Tax
500
Native Americans were moved west of the Mississippi River and forced to live on these land set aside by the U.S. Government.
Reservations
500
The law was passed to regulate railroads. I allowed for the investigation of discriminatory pricing and rebate by the railroad company.
Interstate Commerce Act/ Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
500
Direct Election of Senator
Graduated Income Tax
Lower Tariff
New Banking system
Bimetallism
Goals of the Populist