Vocab 1
a large wild ox with horns that point to the back.
what is a bison?
a place where crops are grown or animals are raised
what is a Farm?
the act that allowed the federal government to break up tribal lands.
what is the Dawes Act?
what year did Congress pass the Homestead Act?
what is 1862
what was the Populist Party platform?
what are the platforms of the Democratic Party?
another term for the Dakota people or their language
what is Sioux?
an alternative shelter when wood or stone was scarce.
what is soddy?
what year did the Spanish bring horses to New Mexico?
what is 1598?
what two companies raced to lay railroad track?
what is the Central Pacific and Union Pacific
charging excessive prices for shipping and storage
how were the railroads taking advantage of farmers?
a high plateau of grasslands that is located in parts of the United States and Canada in North America
what is Great Plains?
a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.
what is settler?
The result was that Colonel Custer and his friend all ended up dead
what was the result of Custer's Last Stand?
what type of farms were created in light of farmers in debt?
what are the Bonanza Farms
to pro-vide a social outlet and an educational forum for isolated farm families.
what was the Grange's original purpose?
a member of any of the indigenous people of the North, Central, and South America, especially those indigenous to what is now the continental U.S.
what is a Native American?
the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growling of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
what is Agriculture?
The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River.
what is the treaty of Fort Laramie?
How did new inventions change farming in the west?
what is these new inventions made farming in the West faster and more efficient?
3 million people became unemployed.
what caused the panic of 1893?
a Hunkpapa Lakota Leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
who is a sitting Bull?
several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead.
what was The Homestead Act?
there were treaties made that designed specific boundaries for each Native American tribes the land
what was the government's policy toward Native American land?
What type of settlers were called Exodusters?
what are African Americans who moved from the post Reconstruction South to Kansas.
they regarded big business interests as insurmountable enemies who were bringing them to their knees and leaving them with debts at every turn.
what caused the panic of 1893