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- 3. The policy forcing Native Americans to give up their beliefs and come part of white culture
- 5. monetary system in which government will exchange paper bills for gold or silver
- 9. criminals who took to robbing banks and rustling cattle; some examples are Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy
- 11. a home made out of prairie turn
- 14. backing dollars solely with gold
- 16. The creator of the iconic "cowboy hat"
- 19. a financial crisis caused by the collapse of banks and businesses due to overextending credit
- 20. This man won the 1896 election, causing the end of Populism.
- 22. Begun by Oliver Hudson Kelly, this group started as a social outlet for isolated farm families, but organized to fight the railroads
- 24. This act gave federal land to states looking to establish agricultural colleges
- 25. These were used to indicate livestock ownership on the long drive and discourage rustlers.
- 26. Individuals who took the law into their own hands; sometimes hired by municipalities for protection
- 28. Access to livestock feed caused "range wars" between the cattlemen and __________________.
- 30. This celebrated author and satirist penned tales of frontier life, adding to the mysticism of the West
- 31. This event marked the end of the wars between the Plains Indians and the government.
- 32. This act aimed to "Americanize" Native Americans by breaking up reservations and giving them individual plots to farm, while selling the rest to settlers.
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- 1. This was the major cattle trail from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas.
- 2. The discovery of gold in this area caused the government to break their treaty with the Native Americans
- 4. This act offered 160 acre plots of land to citizens for free if they would improve the land, build a dwelling, and live on it for 5 years.
- 6. Plains Indians depended on these for their way of life
- 7. These Hispanic individuals were the forerunners to the cowboys, working Spanish ranches in Mexico.
- 8. The Battle of Wounded Knee began over this Native American ritual, intended to bring back the buffalo and fallen braves.
- 10. This Sioux chief's vision led to Custer's Last Stand; he later became a part of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show.
- 12. At the Battle of Little Bighorn this general and the men of his 7th Cavalry were all killed
- 13. A type of farm owned by railroad companies and private investors which grew a single crop
- 15. This artist's paintings and sculptures depicted the iconic images of the West-cowboys, Indians, mustangs, and the U.S. Cavalry
- 17. This treaty made the Great Plains one large Indian reservation
- 18. This was the traveling kitchen that provided food for cowboys on the long drives.
- 21. This invention was largely responsible for bringing an end to the open frontier.
- 23. African American from the South seeking new opportunities in the West
- 27. This massacre took place against unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho under the protection of the U.S. army and General Chivington
- 29. a political ideal stating that the people should have a greater voice in their government (a movement of the people)