| A | B |
|---|
| Pony express | Mail service using ponies, between east coast and the west |
| Transcontinental railroad | Railroad that runs across the continent, from coast to coast |
| Samuel Morse | Invented the telegraph |
| cattle trails | Trails that cattle ranchers took with cattle, up to the northern rail roads |
| Reservations | Land set aside for Native Americans |
| Geronimo | Leader of the Apache who fought the government |
| Homestead Act | Gave 160 acres of land in the west to anyone who farmed it for 5 years |
| Sodbusters | Settlers who claimed land in the west |
| Dry farming | Technique in which land is left unplanted for a season so it could store moisture |
| Grange | An oragnization of farmers in the West who grouped together. |
| Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse | Defeated Colonel Custer at Little Bighorn |
| Wounded Knee | Many Native Americans were killed by US army |
| Windmills | Used on the plains to pump water |
| Dakota Territory | Settled mostly by Swedish/Norwegians |
| Populist Party | Party of the common people like farmers |
