Movement Westward
First railroad that was built across the continent
What is the transcontinental railroad?
Most significant animal for Native Americans on the Great Plains
What are buffalo? (or bison)
Main supporters of the populist movement
Who are farmers?
Pathways of metal rails and wooden ties used for transportation
What are railroads?
Rapidly expanding towns caused by economic shocks, like mining
What are boomtowns?
Two types of ore that were causing rushes out to the west
What are silver and gold?
Battle where Colonel Custer had his 'last stand' and was killed during
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Examples of farmers organizing together for better prices (2 possible answers)
What are Granges and farm cooperatives?
Fences that stopped the movement of cattle on the open range
What is barbed wire?
Towns at the end of cattle drives where cattle were loaded onto trains
What are cowtowns?
Transportation type that led to an increase in population in the west
What are railroads?
Term for the changing of someone's culture to another culture
What is assimilation?
Democratic candidate for presidency who was supported by the populists
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
Wedge on the front of trains used to keep animals, especially cattle, off the tracks
What are cow-catchers?
Self-appointed lawmakers in towns in the West
What are vigilantes?
This 1862 act gave settlers 160 acres of land if they worked it for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act?
What are reservations?
Winner of the election of 1896 who became the 25th president
Who is William Mckinely?
Allowed the pumping of water to the surface for farmers and ranchers
What are wind pumps?
A town that was completely abandoned after its economy collapsed
What are ghost towns?
Alternate sea routes to the west before the railroads (2 possible answers)
What is Panama or Cape Horn?
Act that was meant to reform Native Americans' way of life and culture
What is the Dawes Act?
Primary policy debate during the election of 1896
What is coining silver?
Sleds that were used by Native Americans on the Great Plains
What are travois?
The man responsible for the first cow-town in Abilene, Kansas
Who is Joseph McCoy?