1886     After the bombing that resulted in the Haymarket Ri…

1886     After the bombing that resulted in the Haymarket Riots (Haymarket Incident), four _____________ activists were convicted of murder and hanged.  One other was also convicted and sentenced to hang but committed suicide in prison, and several others were sentenced to stiff jail sentences.

1887  The ____________ of 1887 was described as “An Act to p…

1887  The ____________ of 1887 was described as “An Act to provide for the allotment of lands …..to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.”  It had the aim of assimilating American Indians but resulted in the loss of millions of acres of Indian lands.