Populism & Progressivism Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) supported by the West, joined the Greenback Party, wanted the free coinage of silver, income tax, and ran and lost for president3) dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and set up individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres, attempted to assimilate the Indians with the white men4) A political party formed in 1891 mostly by farmers & members of labor unions who demanded government help with falling farm prices, regulation of railroad rates, and the free coinage of silver (more money to be put in circulation)6) William Jennings Bryan oration in support of the free coinage of silver9) first discovered in 1858 by Henry Comstock, some of the most plentiful and valuable silver was found here, causing many Californians to migrate here, and settle Nevada.10) This Republican candidate defeated William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election. As a supporter of big business, he pushed for high protective tariffs. Under his leadership, the U.S. became an imperial world power. He was assassinated by an anarchist in 190112) developed barbed wire13) Speaker of the House who strengthened the power of the majority with his "Czarist" rules14) This Democratic candidate ran for president most famously in 1896 (and again in 1900). His goal of "free silver" (unlimited coinage of silver) won him the support of the Populist Party. Though a gifted orator, he lost the election to Republican William McKinley.17) In 1890, after killing Sitting Bull, the 7th Cavalry rounded up Sioux at this place in South Dakota and 300 Natives were murdered and only a baby survived18) advocate of the perservation of wilderness19) to protect natural resources22) women that fought for the right to vote24) one of the founders of the Patrons of Husbandry25) Wrote How the Other Half Lives; described the dark and dirty slums of NY29) Chief of the Nez Perce32) the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States originally from the Southwest United States.35) Book written by Upton Sinclar that exposed the unsanitary conditions in the Chiacago meatpacking industry Across: 1) set out for Washington in 1894 with a demand that the government relieve unemployment by an inflationary public works program2) Strike against Carnegie Steel that ended in federal troops putting down the strike.5) consisted of Texas cowboys driving herds of cattle over unfenced plains until they reached a railroad terminal to where they could be sold, became significantly less profitable when homesteaders and sheepherders began to put up barbed-fences7) Muckraker who In The Shame of the Cities, sought to bring about political reform in urban America by appealing to the emotions of Americans. He tried to provoke outrage with examples of corrupt governments throughout urban America8) a series of conflicts where the earliest came in 1854 when a fight broke out at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, American soldiers were killed and the final came in 1890 during the Ghost Dance War.11) Wildcat strikes between unions and railroads which ended with federal intervention by troops15) Serious economic depression beginning in 1893. Began due to rail road companies over-extending themselves, causing bank failures. Was the worst economic collapse in the history of the country until that point, and, some say, as bad as the Great Depression of the 1930s.16) allowed a settler to acquire as much as 160 acres of land by living on it for 5 years, improving it, and paying a nominal fee of about $3020) providing monetary support of Union Civil War veterans21) Author of The Jungle that exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry23) a chief of the Sioux26) held the idea of public control of private business for the general welfare27) associated with reform-oriented journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines28) While not authorizing the free and unlimited coinage of silver that the Free Silver supporters wanted, it increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month.30) used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers.31) advised Kansas farmers to "raise more corn and less hell!", attack the railroads.33) This organization replaced the National Grange as a support group for the nation's farmers during the 1880s. This kind of organization was politically active in the Midwest and South and was central to the founding of the Populist Party.34) u.s general commanded his army at battle of little big horn. he was killed36) Using gold and silver for the money standard37) socialist who helped to organize the American Railway Union38) tual that celebrated a hoped for day of reckoning when settlers would disappear, buffalo would return, and Natives would reunite with ancestors39) this organization was formed in 1867 as a support system for struggling western farmers. This organization was a educational and social organization, but under the leadership of Oliver Kelley, this organization began to lobby state and federal governments for legislation that would protect farmers from the effects of big business.40) Teddy Roosevelts idea based on conservation, control of businesses, and consumer protection41) an Apache leaderwho fled his reservation and led raids on the Arizona Mexico border for many years.42) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax
 

 

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