The Frontier
The area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains was known as
The Great Plains
The system that divided the US into 4 time zones.
Standard Time
in the 1800's, barbed wire fences and sod houses were found on
Party formed in the 1890's that wanted a policy that would raise crop prices.
The Populist Party
Adopting the dominant culture is known as
Assimilation
The railroad brought settlers to this part of the west mainly occupied by Native Americans.
The Frontier
Building this connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
The Transcontinental Railroad
Name given to pioneer farmers on the Great Plains
Sodbusters
policy in which the government backs every dollar with a certain amount of gold.
The Gold Standard
The last major Native American victory against the US Army was
The Battle of Little Big Horn
A place that has a sudden burst of economic activity or population growth.
Boomtown
To complete the railroad, the Union Pacific laid more than 1,000 miles of track, mainly across the
Great Plains
1887 Law that encouraged Native Americans to farm along side settlers.
The Dawes Act
The Populist Party wanted the government to adopt a policy of unlimited coining of silver also known as
Free silver
Commander of the US troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
George A. Custer
People who took the law into their own hands.
Vigilantes
Which animal caused problems for the railroad by causing delays and damage to equipment.
The buffalo
160 acres of free land give to settlers who agreed to live on and farm it for 5 years.
The Homestead Act
Presidential candidate in the 1896 election for the Democratic and Populist Party.
William Jennings Bryan
The Sioux Chief that led the attack at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull
A Spanish term for cowhand.
Vaquero
Manifest Destiny, The Dawes Act and the Transcontinental Railroad encourage expansion and settlement of
The West
Name one was the Federal government encouraged settlement of the west.
Granting land to railroad companies to build the railroad.
William McKinley
Nickname given to African American soldiers by the Native Americans.
Buffalo Soldiers