| A | B |
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| gold standard | this means that dollars are backed solely with gold |
| homesteaders | these were settlers on free land provided by the Homestead Act |
| reaper | this invention sped up harvesting and saved crops from inclement weather |
| Frederick Jackson Turner | wrote an essay entitled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" which said that the frontier was what made America unique |
| Goodnight-Loving Trail | this Trail left from San Angelo and ended up in Cheyenne |
| Oklahoma | in less than a day, land-hungry settlers claimed 2 million acres in a massive land rush in this area now known as ______ (aka the "Sooner" state) |
| Nez Perce | members of this tribe were forced off their lands in Oregon in 1877 |
| silverites | these farmers and laborers favored "bimetallism" |
| Mary Elizabeth Lease | this daughter of Irish immigrants was a leader of the Populist Party |
| Abilene | this Kansas town was one of the first to create a shipping yard where the trails and rail lines came together |
| John Deere | in 1837 he invented a steel plow that could slice through heavy soil |
| Chisholm Trail | this was the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas` |
| Sacramento | the Central Pacific railroad moved east from this town |
| Omaha | the Union Pacific railroad moved westward from this town |
| Frederic Remington | this painter and sculptor is best known for his spirted and romantic depictions of the Western frontier |
| William McKinley | Republicans ran this man as its candidate in the 1896 Presidential election |
| gold bugs | this name was used for the bankers and businessmen (along with President Cleveland who favored the gold standard) |
| vaquero | the American cowboy's clothes, food, and vocabulary were heavily influenced by the Mexican _____ |
| soddy | this type of home was freestanding and was made by stacking blocks of prairie turf |
| Joseph McCoy | this Illinois cattle dealer helped survey the Chisholm Trail |
| R.M. Humphrey | he organized the Colored Farmers' National alliance in 1886 |
