The West 2
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- great plains
- the vast grassland that extends through the west-central portion of the U.S.
- homestead act
- a law, enacted in 1862, that provided 160 acres of free land in the west to anyone who would live on and cultivate for 5 years
- Exoduster
- an African American who migrated from the South to Kanasas in the post-Reconstruction years
- Sand Creek Massacre
- an attack by U.S. soldiers on a Cheyenne encampment in the Colorado Territory in 1864, which 200 Native American men, women, and children were killed
- Sitting Bull
- a medicine man for the Sioux Indians
- George A. Custer
- Civil war hero and colonel in the 7th calvary to investigate and report back - was involved in the Battle of Little Big Horn
- assimilation
- a minority group's adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominent culture
- Dawes Act
- a law enacted in 1887, that was intended to "Americanize" Native Americans by distributing reservation land to the individual owners
- Ghost Dance
- a Native American ritual intended to bring about the restoration of tribal like, popular among the Sioux prior to the Battle of Wounded Knee
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- brought the Indian wars and entire era to a bitter end
- Crazy Horse
- chief of the Sioux Indians that killed Custer and his men
- Fort Laramie Treaty
- the Indians lost their land
- Chief Joseph
- Indian Chief of the Nez Perce (were at battle of wounded knee)
- Transcontinental Railroad
- a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the U.S. Completed in 1869
- Promontory Point
- where the Union and Central Pacific railroads met in Utah (Transcontinental Railroad)
- reservation
- land set aside by the government
- Battle of Little Big Horn
- George Custer and his men were killed by the Native Americans (Sioux)
- longhorn
- a breed of sturdy long-horned cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the southwest
- barbed wire
- farmers put it up to keep cattle from straying or trampling the crops
- sod house
- s house built of blocks of turf
- cattle drive (long drive)
- the moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center
- James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
- was a violent man who was shot and killed while playing poker
- Morill Land Act
- laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agriculture colleges by giving federal land to states
- Hatch Act of 1887
- established agricultural stations to communicate new farming technology
- National Grange
- to provide a social outlet and an education forum for isolated farmer families
- Populism
- a late 19hth Century political movement seeking to advance the interest of farmers and laborers
- William McKinley
- was the Republican candidate for the election of 1896
- William Jennings Bryan
- was the democratic candidate for the election of 1896
- Farmers Alliance
- organized people to simpathize with the farmers because they wanted to lower interest rates
- cooperatives
- farmers who got together and pooled their money
- wholesale
- place where you but things in bulk at a cheaper rate
- Free Silver
- they wanted silver-backed money along with gold-backed money
- Gold Bugs
- bankers and businessmen
- Silverites
- farmers and laborers