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| 1271347164 | Sitting Bull | An American Indian (ca. 1834-1890), a Hunkpapa Sioux medicine man and chief, was the political leader of his tribe at the time of the Custer massacre and during the Sioux War of 1875-1876. | 0 | |
| 1271347165 | Eugene V. Debs | Union leader whose views became more and more akin to socialism | 1 | |
| 1271347166 | Battle of Wounded Knee | the massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, in 1890 | 2 | |
| 1271347167 | Farmers Alliance | This was the first "national" organization of the farmers, which led to the creation of the Populist party. It sponsored social gatherings, were active in politics, organized cooperatives, and fought against the dominance of the railroads and manufacturers. | 3 | |
| 1271347168 | Buffalo Soldiers | Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s | 4 | |
| 1271347169 | Pullman Strike | This was a nonviolent strike which brought about a shut down of western railroads, which took place against the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago in 1894, because of the poor wages of the Pullman workers. It was ended by the president due to the interference with the mail system, and brought a bad image upon unions. | 5 | |
| 1271347170 | Helen Hunt Jackson | Ardent defender of the Native American and the crtiic of American Indian Policies | 6 | |
| 1271347171 | William McKinley | 25th president responsible for the American-Spanish war | 7 | |
| 1271347172 | Little Big Horn | General Custer and his men were wiped out by a coalition of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at this battle | 8 | |
| 1271347173 | George Armstrong Custer | Arrogant military commander whose disaster at Little Big Horn really spelled the end of the Plains Indians. | 9 | |
| 1271347174 | Gold Bugs | a person who believes that American currency should be based on a gold standard | 10 | |
| 1271347175 | Homestead Act | Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25. | 11 | |
| 1271347176 | Exodusters | ... | 12 | |
| 1271347177 | 16 to 1 | The ratio of silver to gold promoted by Bryan's Democratic political platform in 1896. | 13 | |
| 1271347178 | Frederick Jackson Turner | Frontier thesis essayist who stated that the West was a "Safety valve" | 14 | |
| 1271347179 | Sooner | Oklahoma's nickname because about 500,000 people illegal entered that state before it became an offical state in 1907 | 15 | |
| 1271347180 | Cross of Gold Speech | An address given by Bryan, the Democratic presidential nominee during the national convention of the Democratic party, it criticized the gold standard and supported the coinage of silver. His beliefs were popular with debt-ridden farmers. | 16 | |
| 1271347181 | Morrill Land Grant Act | Act of 1862 that transferred substantial public acreage to the state governments, which were to sell the land and use the proceeds to finance public education. This act led to many land-grant institutions | 17 | |
| 1271347182 | Gold Standard | Signed by McKinley in 1900 and stated that all paper money must be backed only by gold. This meant that the government had to hold large gold reserves in case people wanted to trade in their money. Also eliminated silver coins in circulation. | 18 | |
| 1271347183 | Election of 1896 | republicans elected William McKinley of Ohio; republican platform=gold standard, high protective tariff, vigorous foreign policy; republicans were supported by the east and the rich; democrats elected William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska; democratic platform=silver standard, low tariff, populous party supported the democrats; democrats were supported by farmers, and the south and west until they split; national democrats supported gold standard; McKinley won all east coast states | 19 | |
| 1271347184 | Jacob Coxey | Leader of a group of unemployed workers who petitioned Washington DC | 20 | |
| 1271347185 | Sand Creek Massacre | 1864, Chvington's militia massacred Indians (400) who had been promised immunity; woman and children mutilated; leads to Indian fight backs | 21 | |
| 1271347186 | Grange | Grangers state legislatures in 1874 passed law fixing maximum rates for freight shipments. The railroads responded by appealing to the Supreme Court to declare these laws unconstitutional | 22 | |
| 1271347187 | Dawes Severalty Act | Dawes Severalty Act Bill that promised Indians tracts of land to farm in order to assimilate them into white culture. The bill was resisted, ineffective, and disastrous to Indian tribes | 23 | |
| 1271347188 | Bonanza Farms | Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up companies to operate | 24 | |
| 1271347189 | Populism | founded in 1892 advocated variety of reform issues, including free coinage of silver, income tax, postal savings, regulation of railroads, and direct election of U.S. senators | 25 | |
| 1271347190 | Carlisle School | 1879 - Indian children were separated from tribes and taught English and the white customs; gov't funded | 26 |
