Americas Guilded Age

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Across
  1. 5. an anarchist protest that went violent in Haymarket Square Chicago
  2. 7. policy in American history where the worth of $1 would equal a set price in gold
  3. 9. is known for the "frontier thesis"
  4. 11. American political known for being the political boss of Tammy Hall
  5. 13. first law to restrict monopolies and business combinations
  6. 15. companies producing their supplies and distribution without the use of middlemen
  7. 16. the nationwide support of railroad workers going on strike
  8. 20. created the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection
  9. 23. founder of the Standard Oil company
  10. 24. when corporations acquire or merge with their competitors
  11. 25. law was formed in 1887 for Indians to adopt white norms which broke up tribes
  12. 26. known as "captains of industry" for their economic leadership
  13. 27. pioneer in generating electricity
  14. 28. the last incident of the Indian war, took place in Dakota territory where the us cavalry massacred over 200 Siox people
Down
  1. 1. organization established by Congress to stop abuses of the railroad industry
  2. 2. the period at the end of the civil war
  3. 3. first national union led by Terence V Powderly
  4. 4. taxing landowners as a remedy for poverty
  5. 6. led the expansion of American steel industry in the late 19th century
  6. 8. large farms that employed hundreds of workers
  7. 10. the theory of natural selection applied to society's "survival of the fittest"
  8. 12. most famous battle of the Great Sioux War. Sioux and Cheyenne warriors killed an army by whom they were outnumbered by.
  9. 14. marking the end of the spoils system by a law established in the civil service commision
  10. 17. courts overturning laws in labor conditions as they were constricting economic freedom
  11. 18. companies that have been combined to limit their competition
  12. 19. a spiritual dance performed by Indians to connect the living to the dead
  13. 21. advocating Christian principles into social problems
  14. 22. Created the lightbulb