Chapter 18 Flashcards
What was the biggest boomtown
Virginia city Nevada
Fools gold
Pirate
What did the railroads need
Iron, steel, coal, it helped jobs and changed time
stores where farmers bought goods from each other, paid with cash only they eventually failed because of the shortage of cash
Coops
The 7 goals
- Government owned railroads
- Free silver would put more money in circulation
- Limit the president to 1 term in office
- Direct election of senators
- Voting with a secret ballot
- Shorter working hours
- Federal income tax 16th amendment
What is the term when railroad construction made possible when government gave them something
Subsidies
This was the most famous boomtown
Virginia city
1858 bunch of miners found huge amount of gold in
Pikes peak
Took maters into own hands
Vigilantes
Blacks migrated to west
Exodusters
In mining terms it’s a rock
Ore
Name of the railroad from Omaha
Union Pacific
Another name for dried buffalo meat
Jerky
At what place did railroad meet and who was the governor who drove last stake
Prom entry point
Stanford
Populist party canadate
James weaver
During the mistreatment place put aside for blacks
Reservation
Cow towns
Dodge city
Abilene
Cheyenne
Chivington was responsible for this massacre
Sand creek
These 2 territories were set aside for Indian reservation
Dakota and Oklahoma
Farmer 3 complaints
Railroads
Bankers
Eastern manufacturer
He sold one of the most richest places to mining company
Comstock
Apache chef last Indian to surrender
Geronimo
In the election of 1896 Bryan defeated by who
McKinley
Farmers organization
Farmers alliance
