| A | B |
|---|
| barbed wire | used in fences - usually found on cattle ranches out in the Midwest |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | 200 American Cavalry men killed/ambushed by Native Americans/Indians because the US Cavalry was going to round them up |
| Battle of the Alamo | 180 Texans/Americans died - crushed by Mexico in San Antonio, Texas after 13 days |
| Black Hills | in South Dakota, loaded with gold & silver - set off Indian Wars when miners moved in - Native Americans/Indians got mad because they were losing their land |
| Bland Allison Act of 1878 | it required the Federal Government to buy more silver |
| bonanza towns | large farms in the Midwest - run by Corporations/Companies |
| boomers | Oklahoma: people staked out land |
| boomtown | towns appearing almost overnight |
| buffalo soldiers | African American soldiers in the US Cavalry out West |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | US Government Office - tried to end all Indian claims to their land - US Government gained / Indians got hurt/taken |
| California | formed/forms the West Coast of the United States - strong Spanish influence in the beginning |
| California Gold Rush | people travel quickly to the West Coast to get rich - 1840s & 1850s |
| Code of the West | Western customs - unwritten rules - a gentlemen's handshake was as good as his signature |
| covered wagon | a wooden vehicle used by pioneers to travel to the Midwest & West |
| cow towns | towns in the West surrounded by a lot of cattle ranches - the result there were a lot of cowboys |
| Custer's Last Stand | another term for Battle at the Little Big Horn |
| cycles | things that evolve - change & then go back to where they started |
| Dawes Act of 1887 | gives land/individual permanent plots to each Indian - went against traditional Indian customs - Indians migrated with the animals/buffalo - now that had to stop - Native Americans torn from their culture |
| Don't Fence Me In | a protest song about cowboys on the Range & their desire/they want to go where the cattle/buffalo go-take them |
| endless opportunities | a person can do & become just about anything they want - if they just try |
| Farmer's Alliance | a group which worked FOR farmers/ranchers - & as a result fought against the Railroads for them |
| free silver | unlimited mining of silver |
| frontier | the West - Colorado, Alaska - where things were relatively wild & a person could be free & have the chance to make it on their own - survival |
| Gadsden Purchase | US gained Arizona & New Mexico |
