| A | B |
| Brand | a symbol burned into an animals hide to show ownership |
| cooperative | store where farmers bought products from each other; an enterprise owned and operated by those who used the services |
| lode | a mass or strip of ore sandwhiched between layers of rock |
| subsidy | a grant of money from the governement to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the public |
| sodbuster | a name given to the plains farmer |
| ore | a mineral mined for the valuable substance it contains |
| vaquero | Hispanic ranch hand |
| populist | a political party formed in 1892 representing farmers favoring free coinage of silver |
| grange | the first national farmers' organization in the United States |
| reservation | an area of public lands set aside for Native Americans |
| homestead | to acquire a piece of United States public land by living and cultivating it |