Unit 2 Project Crossword Puzzle

7. Passed by Congress in response to the fear of Chinese workers taking white jobs.
9. A rebel group that fought against discriminatory practices against Mexican-Americans and targeted large ranch owners.
10. The appointment of positions of power to friends and family with little to no regard for merit.
11. Recruited large groups of immigrants and offered patronage in exchange for voting for who the leaders wanted.
12. A cartoonist who was critical of corruption and created a series of cartoons criticizing Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
13. Native Americans and the United states fought and the Sioux leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their tribe to victory against General Custer.
14. Implemented by Garfield to ensure that those who worked in government would get their jobs based on merit and would maintain their jobs regardless of which party won the election.
15. Won an election due to a secret deal he made with the South to end reconstruction

1. The Democratic presidential candidate who was backed by the Populist Party and toured the nation speaking directly to people.
2. Established a civil service commission and made it so that those who wanted to work for the government had to take a test.
3. A grassroots political party whose platform was working against political corruption, inadequate money supply, unresponsive government and called for the coinage of silver, women's suffrage.
4. Promised that the government would not build roads through Sioux territory and to abandon three forts in addition to promising a school and other communal buildings.
5. Used originally by Andrew Jackson to award loyal party members with jobs with little regard for merit.
6. Built in response to an increased need to transport goods increased with westward expansion.
8. Settlers moving west were given 160 acres of land if they lived on the land for five years, dug a well, and built a road.