| A | B |
|---|
| Immigrant Group that worked on the Railroad | Chinese and Irish |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Led to the development of the west |
| Wounded Knee | slaughtered Native Americans after they surrendered |
| Land Ownership | concept that meant nothing to Native Americans--They thought the land belonged to all |
| Sun Dance | Ceremony honoring the GREAT SPIRIT |
| sodbusters | nickname for plains farmers |
| Promontory Point | meeting point of the Transcontinental Railroad |
| Homestead Act | gave 160 acres to those who farmed for 5 years |
| Vaqueros | Mexican ranchers |
| Sod | Material that plains homes were made of |
| reservations | land set aside for Native Americans--they were forced to live on this land |
| Grasshoppers | swarmed and ruined crops |
| Wholesale | buying in LARGE quantities at a lower price |
| William Jennings Bryan | Populist Party Candidate in 1896 |
| Gold | "Find" led to gold rush--prospectors moving west |
| Horses | let Native Americans hunt better and travel further |
| Comstock Lode | Strike of Silver in Sierra Navada |
