Native Americans
This was a major battle between the Indians and the Americans involving George Custer and Sitting Bull
What is The Battle of Little Bighorn
An invention that ended open range cattle drives
Barbed Wire
The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group.
What is assimilation
Act which granted land to those who promised to farm given land.
What is Homestead Act of 1862
Gaining political positions as a reward for winning an election
Spoils System
This the battle where the Colorado Militia attacked the Indians killing Indian women and children
What is The Sands Creek Massacre
When a town has been deserted and no one longer stays there this town is called
What is a Ghost Town
The corruption that guaranteed the election of party candidates
Political Machine
African Americans trying to escape to the west from the Jim Crow south.
What is Exodusters
Policy in which gold backs paper money
The Indians would use these movements to pray to their ancestors and thought that it would lead to the expulsion of the white man
What is Ghost Dances
These animals were what the Indians relied on for a long time, until they started to be hunted for game
What is Buffalo
A dominate force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, and also lost the election of 1896 to McKinley.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
These people were famous for open range cattle drives and herding cattle
What are Cowboys
These are the Indigenous Indians of the great plains
What is Plains Indians
When a town is going through growth at a very quick rate, it is called a
What is a Boomtown
The only president to serve two non consecutive terms and was known for his integrity
Grover Cleveland
Important Event which drew many people, from all over, into the west
What is California Gold Rush
This tragedy marked the end of the Indian wars
What is The battle of Wounded Knee
Mexican Americans that defended their property rights
Las Gorras Blancas
Party formed through the natural extension of farmers alliances. (DAILY DOUBLE)
Populist Party
The network of Rail Roads which ran from West to East, used by farmers, ranchers, and miners.
What is Transcontinental Railroad
African American Alliance due to segregation
Colored farmers alliance