Section 1
What is a buffalo?
A heavily built wild ox with backswept horns, found mainly in the Old World tropics.
When was the Transcontinental Railroad constructed? (What time period?)
Between 1863 and 1869.
Who was Oliver Hudson Kelly?
One of the key founders of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons Husbandry.
What is a longhorn?
Sturdy, short-tempered breeds accustomed to the dry grasslands of southern Spain.
What are the Great Plains?
The grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States.
In what year was the Dawes Act passed?
1887
Who were the exodusters?
African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas.
What was the Grange?
An organization for farmers to advance methods of agriculture.
Who was George A. Custer?
He was an Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
What is the Dawes Act?
An act aiming to “Americanize” the Native Americans.
Where was the Bozeman Trail located?
The Bozeman Trail ran directly through Sioux hunting grounds in the Bighorn Mountains.
What was the Morrill Act?
An act that gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
A former Nebraska congressman and editor of the Omaha World-Herald.
Who was Sitting Bull?
The leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux.
What was the Transcontinental Railroad?
A 1,911 mile continuous railroad line.
What was the Battle of the Wounded Knee?
A massacre of nearly 300 people by soldiers of the United States Army.
What was the Hatch Act?
The act that established agricultural experiment stations to inform farmers of new developments.
Who was William McKinley?
The 25th president of the United States.
What was the Homestead Act?
An act that gave citizens or future citizens up to 160 acres of public land to live on.
What are bonanza farms?
They were enormous single-crop spreads of 15,000–50,000 acres.
What was the Chisholm Trail?
The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas.
Who was Henry D. Washburn?
A U.S. Representative from Indiana.
An argarian populist party in the United states who was interested in helping farmers and laborers.
What is the Farmers' Alliance?
An American argarian movement during the 1870's and 80's that would improve economic conditions for farmers.
What is bimetallism?
A monetary system in which the government would give citizens either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency or checks.