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| Question | Answers |
|---|---|
| Grassland | extending through the west central part of the U.S |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River |
| Sitting Bull | a chief of the Sioux |
| George A. Cluster | Claimed that there was gold in the Black Hills and started the gold rush. |
| Assimilation | A plan where Native Americans would give up their beliefs and ways of life and become apart of the white culture. |
| Dawes Act | plan to Americanize the Native Americans by distributing land to individual owners. |
| Homestead Act | offered 160 acres of land free to any citizens or intended citizens who was head of the household. |
| Exoduster | African Americans who moved from the post reconstruction south to Kansas |
| Soddy | A home built out of blocks of turf or sod. |
| Morrill Act | laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states Click to flip laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states |
| Bonanza Farms | Large, 15,000-50,000 acre, single crop farms. |
| Grange | Was the Patrons of Husbandry- a social and educational organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads in the late 19th Century. |
| Oliver Hudson Kelley | Farmer who founded the Grange |
| Farmers' alliance | Groups of farmers, or farmer sympathizers, who sent lectures from town to town to educate people about agricultural and rural issues |
| Populism | The movement to increase farmers' political power and to work for legislation in their interest. |
| Bimetallism | the use of gold or silver as a basis for national monetary system |
| Gold Act | a monetary system in which the basic unit of currency is defined in terms of a set amount of gold |
| William McKinley | Republican from Ohio who ran in the 1890 presidential campaign |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic candidate for president in 1896 under the banner of "free silver coinage" which won him support of the Populist Party. |