History

4. -name for a kind of political movement
5. - the leader of the Sioux warriors who helped win the battle of Little BigHorn
8. -American business magnate and philanthropist. Considered one of the richest men of all time, and had control of 90% of the oil at the time
9. - large companies that controlled the industry or sector
12. Vanderbilt - worked for his fathers business in railroads and shipping
13. - a war caused by the United States and the Native Americans lead by Black Hawk himself
15. - era of rapid economic growth (especially in the Northern and Western United States)
16. - a battle where
17. - a trail used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west.

1. - someone who manages or owns a huge successful business
2. - a group of people making other people study a culture that is not there own
3. - prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
6. - financed railroads and helped organize U.S. Steel, (general electric) and other major corporations. Very powerful banker
7. - schools used for ¨civilizing¨ Native American
10. - led the expansion of the American steel industry
11. - battle between strikers and private security agents
14. - a derogatory term for a person who has become rich through ruthless, unfair business practices