| A | B |
|---|
| Wounded Knee Massacre | last battle between U.S. & Native Americans |
| Homestead Act | encouraged people to settle in Great Plains |
| "Custer's Last Stand" | took place in South Dakota |
| reaper | invented by Cyrus McCormick |
| buffalo | Native Americans depended on this animal |
| Abilene, Kansas | end of the cattle drive for cowhands |
| 1869 | transcontinental railroad completed |
| reservations | land set aside for Native Americans only |
| Pacific Railway Act | allowed railroad from Omaha Nebraka to west |
| Dawes Act | encouraged Native Americans to become farmers |
| hot summers/cold winters | climate of Great Plains |
| windmill | pumped water from ground using wind power |
| open range | grassy land that belonged to government |
| barbed wire | kept cows off farmers land |
| spike | joins railroad tracks together |
| ghost towns | empty mining towns |
