| A | B |
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| ghost towns | what was left of some towns in the West - when the gold or silver dried up |
| gold standard | what the dollar was based on |
| golden spike | the last piece of metal that connected rail transportation across the country - from the Mississippi to the Pacific |
| Granger movement Granger Laws | Pro-Farmer: wanted the Govt. to regulate/control RRs & Grain Elevators |
| Greenback Party | wanted more $ put into circulation/ in people's hands - led to inflation |
| Home on the Range | a song about cowboys & their cattle who liked to be totally free |
| Homestead Act | 1860s - US Govt encourages people to settle in the West - gave 160 acres to each family for FREE if they will farm it for 5 years |
| homesteading | people move to the West - survival - sod houses |
| Indian Removal Act | US removed 5 Native American Tribes by force from the eastern US |
| Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 | regulated RR prices- carrying freight between States |
| Louisiana Purchase | occurred 1803 (early 1800s) for $10 million US gained huge chunk of land west of the Mississippi River from France |
| Manifest Destiny | it was America's right & what was meant to be - that the nation would stretch/expand to the Pacific Ocean |
| Massacre at Wounded Knee | 200 unarmed Sioux - including 70 women & children |
| Mexican War | late 1840s - US defeats Mexico & gained Southwest part of the country |
| mining town | place out West that survived on getting silver & gold out of the ground |
| missionaries | Catholic Priests (Fransiscans in California) who tried to convert the native inhabitants |
| missions | Catholic Churches in California, Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona |
| Morris Land Grant of 1862 | Federal Govt gives land to States - out West (Louisiana Purchase) to be set aside for the people |
| Morse Code | wiretapping - allowed messages to be sent over long distance by Telegraph lines |
| mountainmen | guys who lived & survived in the Rockies |
| Munn v. Illinois (1877) | Supreme Court Case: if its in the public good & interest - States can regulate it, i.e. public utilities: electricity, water, etc. |
| Open Range | grassy plains with no fences - land wasn't marked |
| Oregon Trail | 2,000 mile journey over/across the Plains ----> Rockies to the Pacific Ocean |
| overland trails | paths - rough dirt roads that allowed people to travel from the Midwest to the Southwest or the West/Rockies |
| Pacific Railway Act of 1862 & 1864 | railroads - Union Pacific & Central Pacific received huge tracts of land from the US Govt. |
| Pike's Peak or Bust | slogan/saying Miner's - went to Colorado for gold & silver - Note: Pike's Peak is a mountain in Colorado |
| Populism | 1890s - united farmers & African-Americans - wanted $ money supply increased/wanted more silver mined - wanted a "progessive income tax - pay taxes based on what you make |
| Populists | radical change in social & economic policies; more $, unlimited silver, progessive income tax, 8 hour day |
| presidios | Spanish forts in California |
| reaper | a machine used on a grain farm |
