Across
- 3. Term describing life in the city
- 4. Term describing the countryside or farm-based areas
- 6. Use of machines in farming that increased output but reduced labor needs
- 8. Monetary policy debate over backing currency with silver as well as gold
- 9. Industry accused of overcharging farmers for shipping crops
- 12. 1862 law granting land to settlers willing to farm it
- 13. Exclusive control of an industry, often leading to unfair prices
Down
- 1. Shift to machine-based manufacturing and factory growth in the U.S.
- 2. Organization founded to support farmers socially and politically
- 3. Growth of cities as people moved from rural areas for industrial jobs
- 5. Regional groups that later helped form the Populist Party
- 7. Rise in prices; some farmers supported it to make debts easier to repay
- 10. 1887 law aimed at regulating railroad rates
- 11. Farmers’ political movement to increase their power and voice in government