Across
- 7. Passed by Congress in response to the fear of Chinese workers taking white jobs.
- 9. A rebel group that fought against discriminatory practices against Mexican-Americans and targeted large ranch owners.
- 10. The appointment of positions of power to friends and family with little to no regard for merit.
- 11. Recruited large groups of immigrants and offered patronage in exchange for voting for who the leaders wanted.
- 12. A cartoonist who was critical of corruption and created a series of cartoons criticizing Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
- 13. Native Americans and the United states fought and the Sioux leaders Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led their tribe to victory against General Custer.
- 14. Implemented by Garfield to ensure that those who worked in government would get their jobs based on merit and would maintain their jobs regardless of which party won the election.
- 15. Won an election due to a secret deal he made with the South to end reconstruction
Down
- 1. The Democratic presidential candidate who was backed by the Populist Party and toured the nation speaking directly to people.
- 2. Established a civil service commission and made it so that those who wanted to work for the government had to take a test.
- 3. A grassroots political party whose platform was working against political corruption, inadequate money supply, unresponsive government and called for the coinage of silver, women's suffrage.
- 4. Promised that the government would not build roads through Sioux territory and to abandon three forts in addition to promising a school and other communal buildings.
- 5. Used originally by Andrew Jackson to award loyal party members with jobs with little regard for merit.
- 6. Built in response to an increased need to transport goods increased with westward expansion.
- 8. Settlers moving west were given 160 acres of land if they lived on the land for five years, dug a well, and built a road.