A | B |
McKinley | his election collapsed populism |
exoduster | an African Am. who moved from the South to Kansas |
Grange | farmers' organization that fought the railroads |
populism | movement to increase influence of laborers |
Plains | "Great" grassland of West Central US |
horse | this increased Native American mobility |
Bryan | populist supporter who gave "Cross of Gold" speech |
gold | lured many to the West |
assimilation | adoption of the beliefs of a dominant culture |
Kelley | started the farmer reform group, Patrons of Husbandry |
long drive | moving of cattle to shipping centers |
Dawes | Act intended to "Americanize" Native Americans |
bimetallism | use of both gold and silver as monetary units |
barbed wire | its invention ended the wide-open West |
longhorn | cattle suited to dry Southwest conditions |
Black | sacred Sioux Hills flooded by miners |