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Westward
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | a minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture |
| Longhorn | a breed of sturdy, long-horned cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the Southwest |
| Long drive | the moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center |
| Exoduster | an African American who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years. |
| Soddy | a home built of blocks of turf |
| Bonanza farm | an enormous farm on which a single crop is grown |
| Grange | a social and educational organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads in the late 19th century |
| Farmers’ alliance | a group of farmers who sent lecturers from town to town to educate people about agricultural and rural issues |
| Populism | a late 19th-century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government and seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers |
| Bimetallism | the use of both gold and silver as the basis for a national monetary system |
| Gold standard | a monetary system in which the basic unit of currency is defined in terms of a set amount of gold |
| Great Plains | the vast grassland that extends through the central portion of North America |
| Homestead act | a law enacted in 1862, provided 160 acres in t |
| Dawes act | a law enacted in 1887 that was intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners |
| Chisholm trail | the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas |
| Morrill act | a law enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states |
| The buffalo was used for what? | tepees, clothing, shoes, blankets, food, and trade. |
| What drew many thousands of people to the west in 1858? | Striking it rich. Gold was found in Colorado |
| What did tourists and traders do to the buffalo? | hunted for sport. We had 65,000,000 in 1800. Now just 1000 were left, and eventually sheltered into Yellowstone National Park. |
| What happened at the Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota? | 350 Sioux were rounded up and most were slaughtered, ending the Indian Wars |
| Most railroads brought their cattle to market in this large Easternmost city? | Chicago |
| 55,000 Cowboys worked the plains- 37 % of them were __? | African American or Hispanic |
| What cause the Open Range to "end"? | Overgrazing, bad weather and barbed wire |
| What happened in 1869? | the Transcontinental Railroad was complete |
| What was created in 1872 as the first national park? | Yellowstone |
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