| A | B |
|---|
| Chief Joseph | head of the Nez Perce tribe |
| Mary Elizabeth Lease | reformist for farmer's rights/part of the Populist Party |
| "Wild Bill" Hickok | a violent gunslinger and gambler of the West |
| General George Custer | Army General, died at Battle of Little Big Horn |
| Sitting Bull | a Sioux chief, fought against Custer |
| Homesteader | farmer who moved west to land given by Fed. gov't |
| Homestead Act | land given by Fed. gov't - 160 acres, had to live there for 5 years to own it |
| Ghost Dance | ritual dance believed by Nat. Amer. would restore their lands/past way of life |
| Soddy | prairie home built out of prairie sod |
| Great Plains | large area of grasslands in the center of the US |
| Wounded Knee | slaughter of Nat. Amer. men, women, children - last battle of wars against Fed. Army |
| Populist Party | party organized to support the farmer, gain economic reforms |
| the Grange | gathering of farmers for social, then political reasons |
| Dawes Act | Fed. act that broke up reservations, attempt to assimilate Nat. Amer. |
| Morrill Land Grants | land given to states to use for Agricultural Colleges |
| Transcontinental Railroad | railroad built from Omaha, Neb. to Sacramento California, by Union and Central Pacific RR |
| Promontory Point, Utah | place where "Golden Spike" was driven when RR completed |
| Transcontinental Railroad/who built it? | immigrants from China, Ireland, etc. |
