NATIVES
HOMESTEADS
POPULISM
COWBOYS
REASONS
100
slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Americans that marked the end of the Indian wars in 1890.
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee
100
former slaves from the South who settled on the Great Plains
What is Exodusters?
100
policy that supporters hoped would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people
What is Bimetallism?
100
transport of animals often lasting about 3 months
What is the long drive?
100
160 arces
What is reasons to move west?
200
law that allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans
What is the Dawes Act?
200
designed to benefit white settlers.
What is the Dawes Act?
200
Bimetallism would allow for the exchange of paper currency for
What is either gold or silver?
200
States in which the Chisholm Trail was located
What is Texas, Oklahoma, & Kansas?
200
hide, fur, & food
What are reasons to hunt the buffalo?
300
Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse
What is leaders of the Native Americans tribes
300
the intent to encourage white families to develop the west
What is the Homestead Act?
300
marked the collapse of Populism
What is the election of William McKinley?
300
first to wear spurs and inspire american cowboy way of life
What is a vaquero?
300
reaper, steel plow, & windmill
What are reasons to farm western land?
400
One of the first massacres between soldiers & native americans
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
400
provided warmth but no protection from snakes and insects
What is a soddy home?
400
populist candidate who lost the presidential election of 1896
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
400
allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing an route to a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas
What is the Chisholm Trail?
400
new culture, & ways of life
What are reasons to assimilate?
500
Not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians.
What is land owenership?
500
gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
What is the Morrill Act?
500
started an organization for farmers that came to be known as the Grange
Who is Oliver Hudson Kelley?
500
responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier
What is the railroad?
500
bankrupt, overextended with debts & loans
What are reasons to panic?
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