Across
- 2. paper currency that could not be exchanged for gold and silver coins
- 4. period between 1870 and 1900
- 5. getting money through dishonest or questionable means
- 8. barred Chinese immigrationfor 10 years and prevented the Chinese already here from becoming citizens
- 9. partial refund
- 10. Place where California opened a barracks to accommodate the Asian immigrants
- 12. landless farmers who payed rent in crops
- 13. believed coining silver in unlimited quantities would solve the nation's economic crisis
- 15. decline in the value of money
- 16. increase in the value of money
- 17. movement to increase the political power of farmers
Down
- 1. The most basic and cheapest accommodations on a steamship
- 2. taxes higher earnings more heavily
- 3. separation of the races
- 6. extreme dislike for immigrants by native-born people
- 7. believed American currency should be based only on gold
- 8. Developed a credible theory of evolution
- 11. Tammany Hall's corrupt leader during the 1860s and '70s
- 12. tall, steel-frame building
- 14. crowded multi-family apartments