Across
- 6. Money that was used to support troops during the civil war which was not backed by gold or silver.
- 7. were systems that controlled cities and had a special owner.
- 11. People who appointed themselves to enforce the law in small towns
- 12. A popular Party in the 1890s, which claimed to be the peoples’ party.
- 15. the railroad that connected the east to the west
- 16. large amounts of land given to those who worked on railroads by the government,
- 17. A group of African-Americans who settled in the West and established all-African-American towns
Down
- 1. A group of Mexican-Americans who sabotaged rich ranchers
- 2. An act that gave 160 acres of land to whoever would live and develop the land.
- 3. The presidential candidate for the populist party.
- 4. it was a system that presidential candidates used to encourage people to vote for them.
- 5. it instituted the civil service exam, making the government harder to join so no random person could join.
- 8. The idea that the money in the country could be backed by gold owned by the government.
- 9. A way of raising cattle developed by Mexican ranchers, where they would brand cattle to allow to freely graze.
- 10. An alliance between farming organizations of all races.
- 13. An organization that provided education on new farming techniques.
- 14. A Minnesota farmer and businessman. He establish the grange organization
