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| Law that gave 160 acres of land for free if someone would farm it for 5 years. Incentive to get people to move west. |
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| African American who moved west from post-slavery south. |
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| Person who went west to start a farm. Lonely and isolated life. Very hard work. |
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| Person who does not have a permanent home. Native Americans traveled with the buffalo and set up tent camps as they moved. |
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| Flat land west of the Mississippi River, very few trees. |
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| Mass killing of Cheyenne Indians after Cheyenne attacked some settlers. |
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| Army leader who fought Sitting Bull at battle of Little Bighorn and lost. |
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| Battle of Little Bighorn where Custer died at the hand of the Sioux and Sitting Bull |
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| Idea that Native Americans should be made to be more like whites (made them give up beliefs and culture) |
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| Law that broke up reservations and gave Native Americans land to farm. (Didn't work well) |
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| Organization to provide farm families a place to discuss social and educational issues. Also ended up fighting railroads. |
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| Movement to gain more poitical and economic power for common people. Wanted reforms to help farmers. |
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| Idea to use silver and gold to back paper money |
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| Idea that paper money should be backed with ONLY gold |
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| People who wanted the gold standard (money only backed by gold) |
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| People who wanted bimetallism (money backed with gold and silver) |
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| Republican gold bug who won the presidential election in 1896. |
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| Democratic Presidential candidate who gave "Cross of Gold" speech supporting Bimetallism. Lost election. |
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