vocab
the North American bison
What is a Buffalo?
a house built of sod.
What is a Soddy?
they brought them in 1598
When did the Spanish bring horses to new Mexico?
a line or border separating two countries
What is the frontier?
the movement of the people
What is populism?
a member of a Native American people who originated from the north central U.S.
Who was a Sioux?
land used to raise animals/grow crops.
What is a farm?
the general and all his troops were killed.
What is custer's last stand?
they were farms that were created when farmers were in debt
What were Bonanza Farms?
bankers and businessmen
Who were Goldbug's?
a broad expanse of flatland in North America
What is the Great Plains?
a Teton Dakota Native American Chief.
Who was sitting bull?
Who were the plains Indians?
an act that gave land to many states and territories
What was the morrill act?
farmers and laborers
Who were Silvers?
a group of people who live and work together.
What is a Tribe?
an organization for farmers
What is the grange?
the attack at dawn on November 29, 1864 killed over 150 native American's who lived there.
What was the massacre at sand creek?
this act provided 160 acres of land to anyone who promised to farm it
What is the Homestead Act?
they made farmers pay more to transfer grain
How did the railroads get more money?
someone who settles in a new region/colony.
What is a Settler?
the act that allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
What is the dawe's act?
an overland route that connected the gold rush territory to the Oregon trail.
What was the Bozeman trail?
it was someone who bought or sold something that they could profit off of
What was a speculator?
to provide a social and educational place for farmers that were alone
What is the grange's purpose?