Plains Indians
What two animals did Plains Indians rely upon the most
Horse and buffalo
What type of cattle were most common in Texas right after the Civil War?
Longhorns
What was a home made out of prairie turf called?
Soddy
Who won the election of 1896?
McKinley
About 25% of cowboys were from what ethnic group?
Black/African American
Which colonel made a poor decision to attack Native Americans at Little Bighorn?
George Custer
What was it called when Cowboys took cattle from Texas to cow towns of the Midwest?
Long Drive
A massive single crop farm owned by railroad companies and private investors was called what?
Bonanza farm
Who lost the election of 1896?
Bryan
Why wasn't much of the free land offered by the government taken by the people for whom it was intended?
Much was purchased immediately by land speculators.
Who was the leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux?
Sitting Bull
Name one famous cow town.
Abilene, Sedalia, Dodge City
Exodusters
Why did Plains farmers support bimettalism?
It would cause inflation or put more money into circulation
What happened at the Battle of Wounded Knee?
Slaughter of nearly 300 mostly unarmed Native Americans--ended Native resistance on Great Plains
Americanize them by providing them farm equipment and turning them into farmers.
What did cowboys use to protect their herds?
Guns
What was the law called that offered 160 acres of free land to anyone who was willing to farm the land for 5 years?
Homestead Act
What organization did Oliver Hudson Kelly start?
The Grange
Name two major elements of the Populist Party platform.
Print more paper money, coin silver in unlimited fashion, graduated income tax, one term for president and vice president, direct election of Senators, 8 hour workday and immigration restrictions
Ghost Dance
What was mostly responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide open western frontier?
Barbed wire
What was the purpose of the Morrill Act?
Land grants to states to start agricultural colleges
What was the financial crisis of the late 1800's known as?
Panic of 1893
Peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho were killed without warning by the U.S. Army at this event which is considered the start of the Plains Indian Wars.
Sand Creek Massacre