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TermDefinition
open range unfenced land
cattle drive the herding and moving of cattle over long distances
vaquero the Spanish word for cowhand or cowboy
cow town settlement at the end of a cattle trail
cattle kingdom the region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails, and cow towns that came to be called
homesteader settlers who acquired free land from the government
sod a surface layer of earth in which the roots tangle with soil
sodbusters plains farmer
sooners people who had already sneaked into the land to be claimed
grangers groups of farmers who met for lectures, sewing bees, and other events
inflation general rise in prices
William Jennings Bryan Democrat called the Great Commoner, Populist candidate
Joseph McCoy came up with idea of cow towns (1st Abilene, Kansas)
William Buffalo Bill Cody created a traveling Wild West show and influenced the Wild West idea
Annie Oakley was a female sharpshooter
Cattle boom lasted for about 20 years when cows were in high demand. Later leading into the Cattle Bust
Homestead Act of 1862 offered 160 acres of land to poor people if they stayed on it for 5 years
John Deere invented a sodbusting plow made of steel
Grasshopper plow made it easier to get sod out of ground
Exodusters African Americans, former slaves, worked in Kansas, took their names from Exodus
Boomers homesteaders who got land in Oklahoma
National Grangers local grangers wanted the same price for all farmers
Populist Party wanted to make social reform, wanted to raise grain prices
William McKinley Election of 1896
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