Manifest Destiny
The term that explained a concept of going westward and nothing could stop them was
Ghost Dance
This dance was based upon a vision by a Native American and it was
believed to restore the
Native American culture to their previous status.
Great Plains
Grassland that extended through the west-central portion of the United States
Oliver Hudson Kelley
He organized the Grange.
William McKinley
He was the winner of the 1896 presidential election
Republican Party
This party supported the adoption of the gold standard
greenbacks
The government began taking these out of circulation after the Civil War
Populist Party
This political party turned the American two-party system into a three-party system.
bimetallism
This was a monetary system in which the government would give people
silver or gold in
exchange for paper
Williams Jennings Bryan
He was nominated by two parties as their candidate for the 1896 presidential election.
"Cross of Gold" speech
This helped convince an undecided Democratic Convention to nominate
William Jennings Bryan
for
president.
Populist Party
This political party proposed an increase in the money supply, a graduated income tax, and a federal loan program.
Republican Party
Members of this party were mainly business owners and bankers from industrialized areas.
Grange
This organization started out as a social outlet and educational
forum for isolated farm families.
It soon
became a political
voice for farmers.
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone
Thomas Alva Edison
inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.