| A | B |
|---|
| Vaquero | Hispanic cowboy |
| Exodusters | Black migrants to Kansas |
| Lode | Strip of ore btwn rock layers |
| Vigilantes | Took law into own hands |
| Sodbusters | Great Plains farmers |
| cow towns | Places where cattle met rails |
| reservation | plot of land only for Indians |
| brand | symbol burned into animal |
| homestead | land claimed by settler |
| National Grange | farmers' 1st selfhelp network |
| ore | valuable mineral |
| nomadic | wandering way of life |
| cooperative | cash-only farmers' market |
| dry farming | planting seeds deeper in soil |
| open range | grazing land with no fences |
| subsidy | government gift or grant |
| transcontinental | crossing a continent |
| Populist Party | Politic. Party favoring change |
| free silver | unlimited silver coinage |
| ghost town | abandoned town |
| Sitting Bull | Top Lakota Sioux Chief |
| Crazy Horse | helped win at Little Bighorn |
| Chief Joseph | Surrendered the Nez Perce |
| Geronimo | Troublemaking Apache |
| Black Kettle | murdered Cheyenne leader |
| George Armstrong Custer | soldier killed at Little Bighorn |
| bust | no more valuable ore |
| boomtown | town full of miners |
| Comstock Lode | Large find of gold & silver in Nevada |
| Promontory Point | Transconti. RR meeting place |
| Buffalo Bill Cody | Famous buffalo killer |
| Virginia City, Nevada | Famous boomtown |
| Dodge City and Abilene, KS | Big cowtowns |
| Goodnight-Loving & Chisholm | longest cattle trails |
| long drive | herding cattle a long distance |
| tepee | Indian home made from hide |
| Dawes Act | law breaking up reservations |
| Indian Territory now Oklahoma | Largest Indian reservation |
| Boomers & Sooners | Early settlers in Oklahoma |
| Homestead Act | 160 acres of free land give away law |
| Wounded Knee | LAST big Army-Indian slaughter |
| Indian Peace Commission | Govt office respon for Indians |
| May 10, 1869 | Transcontinent RR finish date |
| 1890 | Year western frontier closed |
| Sand Creek, Colorado | Place Cheyenne massacred |
| ...I will fight no more forever | Quote from Chief Joseph |
| Ghost Dance | ritual to regain Indian power |
| Wovoka | Paiute Indian prophet |
| Black Hills, South Dakota | sacred Sioux ground |
| Farmer's Alliances | 2nd big farmers' organization |
