| A | B |
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| Flatlands | land that gradually rises from east to west |
| Sod Homes | a house built on the Great Plains using the earth due to lack of timber |
| Dry Farming | Method of farming used by Great Plains farmers in the 1890s that allowed them to grow certian crops with less water |
| Steel Plow | technological advance that permitted settlers to farm tough, dry earth |
| Reservations | Federal lands set aside for American Indians |
| Barbed Wire | Technological advance which was used as fences in the West |
| Range Wars | Battles among large ranchers, small ranchers, and farmers on the Great Plains for use of the open range |
| Transcontinental Railroad | a railroad that crossed the United States, connecting East to West |
| Cattle Kingdom | area of the Great Plains, stretching from Texas to Canada, on which many ranchers raised cattle in the late 1800s |
| Homestead Act 1862 | law passed by Congress to encourage settlement in the West by giving government owned land to small farmers |
| Crazy Horse | Sioux leader who fought against General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| Chicago, Illinois | City known for the meatpacking industry |
| Santa Fe, New Mexico | Ending point of the Santa Fe Trail |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | US army killing of 150 Sioux, was the last war of the Great Plains |
| Sarah Winnemucca | Paiute Indian who called for reforms on the problems of the reservation system |
