Kurrass US Ch.5 - Changes on the Western Frontier

Populist leader who became Democratic candidate for President in 1896 and 1900.

Author of The Wizard of Oz, an allegory of the Populist movement of the 1890s

The use of both gold and silver as a basis for a national monetary system.

The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas cowtowns.

Treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River.

What was discovered on the US-Canadian border in the Klondike region in 1896.

Minority group’s adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture.

Patrons of Husbandry—a social & educational farmer organization to combat the railroads.

Simple invention by a ranch owner in Texas that ended the movement of cattle to cowtowns

Laws enacted in 1862 & 1890 to create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states.

Breed of sturdy cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico & suited to the dry Southwest climate.

1862 law that gave 160 acres in the West to any citizen who would farm the land for five years.

Groups of united farmers who educated people about agricultural and rural issues.

A home built of blocks of turf.

African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years.

Late-19th-century political movement seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers.

Republican elected the 25th President in 1896 & in 1900 but killed by an assassins bullet.

1887 law intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing land to individual owners.

Sioux Indian Chief that won the Battle of the Little Big Horn, later signed a treaty with U.S.

Massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans that ended the Indian Wars in 1890.

Famous buffalo hunter who later started a Wild West Show that toured the East Coast and Europe.

The moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center by cowboys.

The year that a gold rush led prospectors and settlers to California

Old West shootout in Tombstone, Arizona that involved Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday

Monetary system where the basic unit of currency is defined in terms of a set amount of gold.

US 7th Cavalry officer who was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn

An enormous corporate-owned farm on which a single crop is grown.

Vast grassland in central North America from Texas to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains.