| A | B |
|---|
| Helen Hunt Jackson | wrote a Century of Dishonor |
| Omaha | where the Union Pacific Railroad started |
| Sacramento | where the Central Pacific Railroad started |
| George Armstrong Custer | Colonel of US at the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| lode | large vein of precious metal |
| interior | cabinet department that dealt with the Native Americans |
| Chicago | slaughter house capital of the US |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | last of the Indian wars; where Sitting Bill and other Siouxs were killed |
| Great Plains | the grassland region of the United States |
| Homestead Act | Act that offered free land to western settlers |
| Sand Creek Massacre | Massacre of Cheyenne indians in Colorado by the US army |
| Sitting Bull | Leader of the Sioux, accused of worshiping the Ghost dance religion, killed by US army |
| Ghost Dance | Sioux ritual believed to chase away the whites |
| longhorn | a breed of cattle brought to America by Spanish |
| long drive | journey that brought cattle herds from the plains to the shipping yards in Kansas |
| inflation | when the amount of money in circulation is increased, but the dollar buys less |
| deflation | when the amount of money in circulation is decreased, but the dollar buys more |
| Dawes Act | divided indian reservation lands into plot of 160 acres for each indian household |
| Promontory Point, Utah | where the golden spike was driven in |
| Little Big Horn | also known as Custer's Last Stand |
| farmers | last group to travel west |
| 49er | miner who went to California in search of gold |
| Chief Joseph | said, "I will fight no more, forever" |
| The Grange | organization of farmers |
| Oliver Kelley | farmers who started the Grange |
| Populist Party | third Party that was supported by farmers and laborers |
| Panic | financial crisis |
| Oklahoma | former Indian reserve became open to settlement; Sooner State |
| Morrill Act | gave land for agricultural colleges |
| Joseph Glidden | invented barbed wire |
| Chisholm | trail that went fro San Antonio to Abilene |
| transcontinental | spanning from coast to coast |
| Col. Chivington | army officer that lead the Sand Creek Massacre |
| soddy | prairie house made of turf |
| assimilation | a minority group's adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominat culture |
