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Indians
African Americans
Migrations West
100
One of the conditions is to farm the land for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
100
Money made by the US government during the Civil War
What is Greenbacks
100
Indians that lived on vast open stretches of land
What is Plain Indians
100
African Americans who believed the west was the promise land
What is Exodusters
100
A big milestone that accelerated the migration west
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
200
The idea to introduce silver into the economy at a ratio of 16 silver to 1 gold
What is Bimetallism
200
A house used by many homesteaders that was cheap and easy to make but was not very stable
What is Sod House
200
An atrocity during the American Indian Wars where a militia attacked a peaceful Indian village
What is the Sand Creek Massacre
200
An invention that prevented open range ranchers from driving their cattle as easily
What is Barbed Wire
300
The democratic candidate in the 1896 election
Who is William Jennings Bryan
300
A speech that opened peoples eyes to the problems that are effecting farmers and other such citizens
What is The Cross of Gold Speech
300
A battle between multiple Indian tribes anf the troops of the 7th Cavalry
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn
300
soldiers that were used to to fight the Indians
What is buffalo soldiers
300
Used by he government to entice people to move west with promises of land
What is the Homestead Act of 1882
400
A presidential candidate who supported the gold standard
Who is William McKinley
400
Prices go down therefore income goes down for famers
What is Deflation
400
Indians were forced to...
What is assimilate
400
One of the most famous African American towns that was established in the west
What is Nicodemus
400
Many settlers wanted to go out west because they believed that America was going to expand to the pacific ocean?
What is Manifest destiny
500
The political party that originally supported the American farmer
What is the Farmer's Alliance
500
An animal that was hunted ruthlessly by the US to try and starve the Indians
What is Buffalo
500
A book published in 1881 about the Native American struggles and the injustices committed by the US Government
What is A Century of Dishonor
500
African Americans were allowed to drive cattle so they were...
What is Cowboys
500
Many gold seekers moved out west for more gold, What were these gold seekers called?
What is forty niners
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