| A | B |
| vigilante | self-appointed law enforcer |
| subsidy | grant of land or money |
| transcontinental railroad | rail line that spans the continent |
| travois | small sled |
| tepee | portable tent made of buffalo skins |
| reservation | area set aside by the government for Navtive Americans to live on |
| cattle drive | herding and moving of cattle over long distances usually to railroads |
| vaquero | Spanish word for cowboy |
| homesteader | settler who acquired free land offered by the gov't |
| sod | turf |
| grange | association made of farmers |