USH Chapt. 17 The West Transformed

the "great communicator" and democratic candidate for President in 1876

settlers who acquired Western lands for free

land set aside for Native American tribes to live on and govern

group of farmers who organized for education, social and community reasons

surface layer of earth / one who uses this resource for housing and building purposes

region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns

settlement at the end of a cattle trail

groups of farmers who pooled their $ to get better prices or discounts from suppliers

anyone who took land during the Oklahoma land rush prior to the appointed time

the spanish word for cowhand or cowboy

self-appointed law keepers (frontier justice)

Native American chief (Dakota tribe) who fought against Gen. Custer with other tribes

herding and moving cattle over long distances

unfenced grassland

small sleds used to transport cargo (by Native Americans)

railroad line that spans a continent (shore to shore)

a general rise in prices over time

cone-shaped tents made with buffalo skins

grants of land or money; usually from a government to a corporation or individual