Vocabulary
a period when the economy is suffering from mas unemployment and low business activity
depression
this is the grinding of wheat into flour
milling
What was the most successful third party in US history and also had farmers involved?
Populist Party
People's Party
Which Kansas town was known for its anti-slavery stance?
Lawrence
when a lender takes back property because another party has failed to make payments on it
foreclosure
This natural resource was found in southeast Kansas and they could skim it off the ground. Later on they dug mines for it.
coal
The people party thought _________ whould represent workers over big businesses.
government
Who was a famous leader in the Kansas prohibition movement?
Carry A. Nation
the minimum level of income needed to pay for life’s necessities
poverty line
An abandon well in Hutchinson proved that what natural resource could be found there?
salt
In the late 1800's of 11,000 farmers faced ____________.
foreclosure
What movement aimed to reduce alcohol consumption?
Temperance
a group of companies that work together to beat out their competition in an industry
trust
The oil found with Norman No. I was the largest strike west of what river?
Mississippi
What two party's had a standoff at the capital and believed they were the majority?
Republicans and Populist
When did Kansas become a state?
1861
the process that citizens use to create laws
referendum
What was the name of the wealthy man who had a controlled much of the oil economy in southeast Kansas.
John D. Rockefeller
What editor wrote "What's the Matter With Kansas?"
Hint: They have a book award named after him.
William Allen White
What was the violent period in Kansas over slavery called?
Bleeding Kansas