Vocabulary Words
Mining and Railroads
Ranchers and Farmers
Native American Struggles
Farmers-A New Political Force
100

a geographic region in which the same standard time is used

time zone

100

gold and silver strikes created this, which is a town that seemed to pop up almost overnight near mining sites.

Boomtown
100

What are three reasons the Cattle Kingdom came to an end?

1. overgrazed land

2. falling prices

3. people began to fence in their land

100

a word for moving from place to place

nomadic

100

The first large farmers' organization was a network of local groups called the 

National Grange

200

a cowhand of Hispanic origin 

Vaquero

200

Once ore was gone and people left, boomtowns became what?

ghost towns

200

Texas ranchers had to drive their cattle hundreds of miles to reach railroads located in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. These journeys were called.....

long drives

200
an area of land set aside for use by a group is called

a reservation

200

Stores owned by and operated for the benefit of farmers and set up as "cash-only" are called

Cooperatives

300

name given to early Great Plains farmers

sodbuster

300

a rail line that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is called...

transcontinental

300

this is to earn ownership of land by living on it

homestead
300

Name three reasons Natives eventually wanted to leave their reservations

1. land that they were on was unfit for farming and hunting

2. government often failed to deliver promised food and supplies

3. goods that were delivered were of poor quality

300

a word for an appeal to the common people

populism

400

money or goods given by a person or government to support a project that benefits the public

subsidy

400

Name TWO reasons that railroad transportation was vital to the survival of the mining communities

1. Gold, Silver and other metals needed to reach factories, ports and markets

2. people in the western boomtowns needed supplies shipped from the east


400

What was the sodbusters practice of farming the Plains called?

dry farming
400

what was the original agreement between the Sioux and the U.S. Government

that settlers would move into the Black Hills

400

Farmer's Alliance leaders formed the ________ _______ of the U.S.A

People's Party

500

an enterprise owned by and operated for the benefit of a certain group

cooperative

500

To help with high construction costs, the government gave railroad companies large __________, which were financial aids and land grants.

Subsidies

500

What is the nick name given to people that showed up early to the Oklahoma Land Rush and claimed most of the best land before everyone else. 

"Sooners"

500

How did Sitting Bull respond to the U.S. offer to buy land?

he said he didn't want to sell even a small pinch of his peoples land

500

Why did the populists believe free silver would help farmers and debtors?

they believed having more silver coins in circulation would giver farmers more money to pay their debts.