Across
- 2. the Seventh Cavalry- slaughtered 300 unarmed Native Americans,brought indian wars to an end
- 3. sturdy, short-tempered breeds accustomed to the dry grasslands of southern Spain.
- 4. a monetary system in which the government would give citizens either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency or checks. gold standard—backing dollars solely with gold.
- 10. nominated for president.
- 12. These groups included many others who sympathized with farmers.
- 14. colonel during the gold rush
- 15. aiming to “Americanize” the Native Americans.
- 18. the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas. long drive, of the animals often lasted about three months. A typical drive included one cowboy for every 250 to 300 head of cattle;
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- 1. started the Patrons of Husbandry,
- 5. gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges, bonanza farms-enormous single-crop spreads of 15,000–50,000 acres.
- 6. former Nebraska congressman and editor of the Omaha World-Herald,
- 7. which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River
- 8. leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux,
- 9. an offering 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household. exodusters—African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas.
- 11. the movement of the people—was born with the founding of the Populist, or People’s, Party, in 1892.
- 13. an organization for farmers to provide a social outlet and an educational forum for isolated farm families.
- 16. a dugout, a sod home,
- 17. Plains, the grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States.