Vocabulary Unit 3

Giddy-Up

100

The name for a person who claimed land on the Great Plains. (They had to promise to farm it or build on it.)

Homesteader

200

The name for a person who took (sold) large herds of cattle to market by leading them across many miles of prairie land.

Cowboy

300

A large movement of cattle.

Cattle Drive

Money, Money, Money

100

The state of being poor.

Poverty

200

The name for a rundown neighborhood. 

Slums

300

Often, apartments in the slums didn't have indoor _______ or even windows!

Plumbing; bathroom

Hello, My Name Is

100

This word means to travel back and forth regularly. Trolleys and trains allowed people to do this so they could work in the city.

Commute

200

The name for a territory set aside for Native Americans

reservation

300

Before train were invented, many people traveled by....

boat, horse, carriage, on foot

Miscellaneous

100

The right to vote

Suffrage

200

Why did people want to move out West? Give one reason.

Some wanted a new life. Others wanted to search for gold.

300

During the Industrial Revolution, many inventions were made. Name a few.

trains, phones, telegraphs, spinning jenny, sewing machine....