Post Civil War
Across
- 3. An attempt by the government to turn Native Americans into the rest of society
- 5. Workers went on strike in support of the eight hour workdays
- 8. This was set up to provide 160 acres to Native American families so they could become self sufficient
- 11. Land parcels were measured, registered, and deeded so you knew exactly what you owned and what you could do with it
- 12. Symbol of American success
- 13. Survival of the Fittest
- 14. Leader of the Cheyenne made a treaty with Colorado's governor and took his people to Sand Creek
- 17. People who bought large areas of land in hopes to sell it in the future
- 18. New way of burning impurities out of iron
- 19. A group of people who didn't feel that the two main political parties were doing good enough to protect their interests
- 20. Association of businesses who produce the same product
- 22. When a company drops their prices to a very low level to put other companies out of business
- 24. Railroad companies cut wages by 10%
- 26. Invented talking telegram
- 27. Negative view of industrialist
- 29. America's greatest inventor
- 30. Way of getting around antimonopoly laws
- 31. People who raced to claim land parcels for a small sum
Down
- 1. As production increases, the cost of each item produced is lower
- 2. Signed by President Lincoln in 1862
- 4. George Custer split his men because he underestimated the number of Natives. All his men were killed
- 6. Positive view of industrialist
- 7. People who cheated and claimed land early
- 9. Government ownership of businesses and the equal distribution of wealth
- 10. Gaining control of different businesses that make up all phases of a product's development
- 15. One of the first labor unions
- 16. When a company is in complete control of a product or service
- 21. Federal land that was set aside specifically for Native Americans to live on
- 23. Led the American Federation of Labor
- 25. Helped speed up normal process of daily life and created new jobs
- 28. Natives were being disarmed when a shot was fired. Soldiers opened fire and massacred about 200 people