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3. A law passed by Congress in 1862 offering 160-acre plots of land to anyone who resided on the land for 5 years, worked the land, and built a home.
4. about the "last rush for land"... -April 1889: 100,000 "Boomers" came to claim land in OK that had become available
7. cattle drives from Texas to railway towns in Kansas
10. settlers who acquired free land from the govt
11. towns in Kansas where cattle were driven to and loaded onto trains for transport, usually back east
14. A political party that pushed for reforms (social & economic), demanded public ownership of RRs, and generally supported the interest of farmers and workers
15. "Early" settlers of the OK land rush of 1889
16. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of famers and workers

1. untended land where cattle were left to graze
2. the region dominated by the cattle industry and its ranches, trails and cow towns
5. Plains farmers who used steel plows and drills
6. covered the most distance?
7. Groups of framers who pooled their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other supplies at discounts
8. African American settlers (70,000) who migrated from the south to the Great Plains, especially Kansas. Many became farmers.
9. Mexican cowboy
12. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of big business and bankers
13. Groups of farmers who met and supported one another