| A | B |
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| Great Plains | grassland extending through the western part of the United States |
| Treaty of Fort Larmie | treaty in which the Sioux agreed to live in a reservation along the Missouri River |
| Sitting Bull | leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux, present at the Battle of Little Big Horn; later part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show |
| George A. Custer | led the 7th Cavalry to disaster at the Little Bighorn |
| Dawes Act | law designed to "Americanize": gave land to each Native American family for farming |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | 300 unarmed Native Americans in South Dakota |
| longhorns | sturdy breed of cattle rounded up by early cowboys in Texas |
| vaquero | Mexican cowboy |
| Chisholm Trail | main cattle trail from San Antonio to Abilene Kansas |
| long drive | overland transport of cattle from the open range to the rail head |
| soddy | house made of prairie sod |
| Homestead Act | gave free land to settlers in the West |
| exodusters | black settlers who went to Kansas after Reconstruction |
| Morrill Act | set aside land for state agricultural colleges |
| bonanza farms | large single crop farm owned by railroad companies and investors |
| Grange | organization of farmers whose purpose was to organize farmers to protect their interests |
| Farmers Alliances | groups of people who sympathized with farmers |
| Oliver Hudson Kelly | founder of the Grange |
| Populism | advocated for the common man (movement of the people) |
| bimetallism | monetary system in which the government backed the currency with silver and gold |
| gold standard | backing dollars only with gold |
| greenbacks | money not backed with any metal |
| William McKinley | Republican Party candidate in 1896 who backed the gold standard |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic candidate for president in 1896; backed bimetallism |
