| A | B |
|---|
| Ghost Dance | ceremony showed hope for buffalo return |
| Spanish/Mexican | Cattle herding traditions began |
| example of a boom town | Virginia City, NV |
| Homestead Act | how government encouraged Plains settlement |
| nomadic | moving from place to place |
| William McKinley | Republican candidate in 1896 election |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic Candidate in the 1896 election |
| Comstock Lode | silver |
| subsidies | financial aids and land grants |
| transcontinental | across the continent |
| Railroads helped create | time zones |
| long drives | organized cattle drives over 100 miles |
| vaqueros | cowboys of Hispanic origin |
| homestead | earn ownership of land by living on it |
| sod buster | name given to early Plains farmers |
| dry farming | plowing after rain to trap moisture |
| reservation | land set aside for use by a specific group |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | Sitting Bull/Guster |
| Chief Joseph | Nez Pierce |
| Wounded Knee | battle ended conflict with NAtive AMericans |
