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The Frontier and Native Americans in the 19th century
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Transcontinental Railroad
Rise of the Labor Unions
Populist Party
100
This was known as the line that separated the wilderness from civilization.
What was the Frontier?
100

This biracial man was arrested for sitting in the first class section of a white train car.

Who is Homer Plessy?
100
These two companies created the railroads.
What was the Central Pacific and Union Pacific?
100

This man was the leader of the Knights of Labor.

 Who is Tarrance Powderly? 

100

This city was the home of the Populist party. 

Where is Cincinnati?

200

This book talked about how the native Americans were mistreated by the government.

What is "A Century of Dishonor"?
200

This required train cars to be equal but separate for both whites and black.

What was the Separate Car Act? 

200
These people were kicked out of their homes by the Union Pacific to build railroads.
Who were the Native Americans?
200

 This organization was one of the first unions and brought skilled and unskilled laborers together.

 Who were the Knights of Labor? 

200

This man was supported by the Populist party during the election of 1896 due to his support for Free Silver.

Who is William Jennings Bryan? 

300

This tried to assimilate native Americans.

What was the Dawes Act?
300

This civil rights group wanted to challenge the segregation laws in Louisiana. 

 What was the Citizens Committee? 

300
The Central Pacific had to tunnel these in order to build the rail way.
What were the Rocky Mountains?
300
This union was created by Samuel Gompers.
What was the American Federation of Labor?
300

This organization looked to try and connect farmers and help share farming techniques. 

 What was the Grange? 

400

This was the idea that people could move in times of economic crisis to the frontier.

What was the Safety Valve Theory?
400

This provided citizenship and equal protection to African Americans. 

What was the 14th Amendment?
400
Trains made these obsolete for long distance travel by cutting a 6 month journey to 7 days.
What are wagons?
400
This percentage of the labor force was unionized by 1880.
What is less than 2.3%?
400

This man campaigned on the Omaha Platform during the Election of 1892. 

Who is James Weaver? 

500

This allow land grants to settlers that moved to the frontier.

What was the Homestead Act?
500

This justice stood out against the supreme courts decision to enforce the Jim Crow Laws

 Who is John Marshall Harlan? 

500
This was used to tunnel through the rocky mountains to lay rail way.

What was nitroglycerin?

500
These events lead to the demise of the Knights of Labor.
What is violence caused by strikes?
500

These two panics helped lead to the growth of the Populist party. 

What were the Panics of 1873 and 1893?