Vocab

3. formed in late 1870's, helped farmers establish farm cooperatives, they pooled their money together to make larger purchase of tools and seed
4. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of famers and workers
11. 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.
14. pumped water deep from the ground
15. Early settlers of the OK land rush of 1889
16. African American settlers (70,000) who migrated from the south to the Great Plains
17. Candidate for president in 1896 who represented the interests of big business and bankers
19. untended land where cattle were left to graze
20. used to harvest crops

1. Mexican Cowboy
2. cattle drives from Texas to railways towns in Kansas
5. towns in Kansas where cattle were driven to and loaded onto trains for transport
6. Trail that covered the mosHomestead
7. used to take the coverings off the grain
8. Groups of farmers who met and supported one another
9. Groups of framers who pooled their money to make large purchases of tools, seeds, and other supplies at discounts
10. Settlers who acquired free land from the gov
12. Plain farmers who used steel plows and drills
13. A political party that pushed for reforms (social & economic), demanded public ownership of RRs, and generally supported the interest of farmers and workers
18. invented by John Deere, it was good for breaking up the tough sod