The Republican candidate in the 1896 election; he supported the gold standard
William McKinley
100
Sioux warriors killed the U.S. general and all of his men at this battle in South Dakota
Battle of Little Bighorn
100
This law allowed settlers to acquire 160 acres of land if they lived on it for five years, improved it, and paid a fee of $30
Homestead Act of 1862
100
This group for farmers was organized in order to "enhance the lives of isolated farmers through social and educational activities"
The Grange
100
This person won the "free-silver" election of 1896
William McKinley
200
The new political party that grew out of the Farmer's Alliances in the 1890s; also called the People's Party
Populist Party
200
The two major Native American reservations
The Great Sioux reservation (in Dakota Territory) and Indian Territory (in Oklahoma)
200
The year the frontier was declared "closed" by the superintendent of the census
1890
200
A protest in Chicago as a result of a railroad company cutting its wages; protesters stopped railroad traffic from Chicago to the Pacific by overturning train cars
Pullman Strike of 1894
200
These two political parties joined together because they held similar views on the gold vs silver issue
The Democrats and the Populists
300
The Democratic Candidate in the 1896 election; he supported Populist ideals and the silver standard
William Jennings Bryan
300
The clash where an American colonel and his men murdered 400 innocent Native Americans
Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado
300
Term used to describe cowboys driving large herds of longhorns across the plains until they reached a railroad terminal
The Long Drive
300
This party was formed in order to bring back a previously-used currency that created inflation, as well as improve the lives of laborers
The Greenback Labor Party
300
The person famous for this speech: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
William Jennings Bryan
400
The term used to describe farmers beginning to grow cash crops and spending money on expensive agricultural equipment
Agricultural mechanization
400
Falsely promised to give each Native American family 160 free acres, and grant them both the land and citizenship if they assimilated and lived on the land for 25 years
Dawes Severalty Act
400
The gold and silver stash discovered in Nevada in 1859; it was worth $340 million
The Comstock Lode
400
Three problems farmers faced in the 1880s and 1890s
Deflation, droughts, grasshoppers, floods, local taxes, high protective tariffs, and high costs for railroad shipping
400
The four major platforms of the Populist Party (name at least three)
Graduated income tax, free and unlimited coinage of silver, governmental subtreasury, and nationalization of the railroads, telephone, and telegraph
500
William McKinley's closest advisor during his campaign
Mark Hanna
500
An attempt by the U.S. army to destroy a Native American religious movements known as the Ghost Dance
The Battle of Wounded Knee
500
This geologist warned Americans that past the 100th meridian, the small amount of rainfall made farming impossible without irrigation
John Wesley Powell
500
This state, as a result of the mechanization of agriculture, held farms three times larger than the national average
California
500
From which area of the country did Bryan get the majority of his votes?