Leaders
He led his troops to disaster at the Little Bighorn.
Who was George A. Custer?
This sanguinary event was the last "battle" of the Indian Wars.
What was the Wounded Knee Masacre?
In the late 1800s, farmers felt these two parties did not care about them.
What were the Republicans and Democrats?
Farmers resented their monopoly power.
What are railroads?
It must be paid every April 15th.
What are income taxes?
He was the last Native American leader to surrender in the Indian Wars.
Who was Geronimo?
The extermination of this species was seen as a way to also exterminate the Plains Indians.
What are bison?
This new party was created by farmers in the late 1800s.
What was the Populist (People's) Party?
Farmers hated their high interest rates.
What are banks?
They used to be chosen by the States, now they are chosen by voters.
What are US Senators?
Along with Sitting Bull, he led the Lakota Sioux to victory at the Little Bighorn.
Who was Crazy Horse?
This shiny substance led to conflicts between settlers and Indians in the West.
What is gold?
This candidate won the presidency despite being tarred by scandal.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
Farmers were irked by their high prices.
What were Eastern manufacturers?
It is now done in secret.
What is voting?
He won many battles in his epopnymous war.
Who was Red Cloud?
This ephemistically named group tried to force the Indians off the Great Plains and into reservations.
What was the Indian Peace Commission?
He "borrowed" the Populists' ideas in his 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
Farmers wanted currency based on it.
What is silver?
It gives workers time for rest and play.
What is the 8-hour workday?
He infamously said, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian."
Who was Gen. Phil Sheridan?
This law tried to force Native Americans out of reservations and onto 160-acre farms.
What was the Dawes Act?
He performed very well (for a third-party candidate) in the 1892 election.
Who was James B. Weaver?
This "law" was actually the main cause of famers' problems in the late 1800s.
What is the economic law of supply and demand?
Money became just paper after the US dropped it in 1971.
What was the Gold Standard?