History Crossword

5. an organization for farmers that provided a social outlet and an educational forum for isolated farm families.
6. the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas
9. a plan under which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life and become part of the white culture
13. political party that believed in an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax and a federal loan program
14. enormous single-crop spreads of 15,000–50,000 acres
15. overland transport of the animals that often lasted about three months
17. the Republican Party candidate for President(who wins) that believed in the gold standard
18. Congress passed this law which offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
19. reported that their was gold to be found by Little Big Horn

1. In 1887, Congress passed this law to try and “Americanize” the Native Americans.
2. a monetary system a system in which the government would give citizens either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency orchecks.
3. to control or direct according to a rule or law
4. backing dollars solely with gold
6. a feat of bravery performed in battle
7. gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
8. treaty in which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River
10. leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux
11. the grassland extending through the westcentral portion of the United States
12. the Democratic candidate for President that believed in of a combined gold and silver standard
16. African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas