| A | B |
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| Morrill Land Grant Act | Federal fovernment distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments to support state colleges. |
| Land Speculators | People who bought land in hopes of selling it for a profit. |
| Homestead Act | Act that offered 160 acres of public land to anyone who met certin requirements. |
| Exodusters | Group of African-American people who left the south after reconstruction. |
| Reservations | Federal lands set aside for Native-Americans |
| Little Bighorn | Place where 200 american soldiars were killed, Custer's last stand. |
| Wounded Knee | Massacre where 200 unarmed Suix were killed. |
| Dawes Act | Act that gave seperate plots of land to each individual Native-American families. |
| Sooners | People who had sneaked past goverment officials before and staked land claims. |
| Dry Farming | Planting of crops which do not require a great deal of water. |
| Bonanza Farms | Farms controled by large buisnesses and run by professionals. |
| Long Drive | Transporting of cattle from ranges to cowtowns. |
| Deflation | Dropping of prices on goods. |
| Inflation | The raising of prices on goods. |
| Bland Allison Act | Act that required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver. |
| Interstate Commerce Act | This act regulated the prices that railroads charged to move freight between states. |
| Populists | National party that demanded drastic changes in federal economic and social policies. |
| Progressive Income Tax | Percentage of taxes owed increases with income. |
| Joseph Glidden | Inventor of barbed wire. |
| Frederick Jackson Turner | Frontier Thesis, stated that the US needed a place to expand in time of confrontation. |
