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Western Frontier
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dawes Act | Tried to "americanize" Native Americans |
| Homestead Act | Offered free western land to settlers |
| Gold Standard | backing dollars solely with gold |
| Great Plains | Grassland extending through the West |
| Exodusters | African-American migrants to Kansas |
| Populism | Movement of the people |
| Chisholm Trail | Major cattle route from Texas to Kansas |
| Oliver Hudson Kelley | Started the Grange |
| Bimetallism | a monetary system based solely on sliver |
| The ______ began as a social organization for farmers, but soon began to concentrate on battling the railroads | Grange |
| Long Drive | consisted of rounding up the cattle and leading them to the shipping yards in Abilene, Kansas |
| Soddy | a Type of home made from prairie turf |