| A | B |
|---|
| Fort Atkinson | the first large-scale white settlement in Nebraska |
| Standing Bear | leader of the Ponca Indian tribe |
| Populist party | political group made up of poor farmers |
| William Jennings Bryan | Presidential candidate from Nebraska for the Democratic party |
| Thomas Henry Tibbles | newspaper man from Omaha who helped Standing Bear and his people |
| Fort Kearney | important stop on the Pony Express |
| Arbor Day | begun in Nebraska to encourage the planting of trees |
| Kingsley Dam and Lake McConaughy | completed in 1938 for irrigation |
| Dobytown | village located near For Kearney |
| Nebraska City | home to freighting company Russel, Majors and Waddel |
| Bellevue | founded by fur trader Peter Sarpy |
| Table Rock | settled by people from Pennsylvania |
| Grand Island | settled by Germans |
| Daniel Freeman | first person to sign-up for the Homestead Act |
| Homestead Act | gave individuals 160 acres in exchange for $10 and improvements on the leand |
| Timber Culture Act | homesteaders could claim additional land if it was planted with trees |
| ABC towns | established by the railroad through Nebraska |
| Francis Burt | first territorial governor of Nebraska who died 11 days after arrival |
| J. Sterling Morton | leader in Nebraska who started Arbor Day |
| David Butler | first elected governor who was impeached |
| Lancaster | village selected to be the new capital of Nebraska |
| Fort Robinson | held many groups of Native Americans captive |
| Crazy Horse | killed at Fort Robinson while attempting to escape |
| Omaha | home of the 1898 World's Fair |
| Chautauqua | combination of circus, theatre, fair, school, and revival meeting |
| Charles Lindbergh | internationally known pilot who learned to fly in Lincoln |
| Kinkaid Act | 640 acres of land in the high plains given to anyone who would live on it for 5 years |
