| A | B |
| Little Big Horn | Battle in which Gen. Custer and his soldiers were wiped out. |
| Wounded Knee | Battle in which over 300 Native Americans were killed. |
| Homestead Act | Law providing 160 acres of free land to settlers who farmed it for 5 years. |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Rail line that crossed from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California. |
| Frontier | Line dividing settled territory from unsettled territory. |
| Pioneer | First settlers in unsettled territory. |
| Reservation | Space where native Americans were relocated. |
| Census | Count of citizens done every ten years. |