1. Technology that ended open range

2. Barbed Wire Technology that ended open range

3. Farmers organization Educate on new farming techniques Organized into a political force

4. The Grange Farmers organization Educate on new farming techniques Organized into a political force

5. Political party that developed out of the Grange For bimetallism For farmers & workers William Jennings Bryan ran for President under this party’s banner

6. Populists Political party that developed out of the Grange For bimetallism For farmers & workers William Jennings Bryan ran for President under this party’s banner

7. Passed in 1890 Allowed for the use of the silver standard US treasury increased purchasing of silver

8. Sherman Silver Purchase Act Passed in 1890 Allowed for the use of the silver standard US treasury increased purchasing of silver

9. US money supply backed by gold

10. Gold Standard US money supply backed by gold

11. William Jennings Bryan Speech: “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold”

12. Cross of Gold Speech William Jennings Bryan Speech: “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold”

13. 1892 Populist Platform Unlimited coinage of silver Government regulation of railroads and industry Graduated income tax

14. Omaha Platform 1892 Populist Platform Unlimited coinage of silver Government regulation of railroads and industry Graduated income tax

15. Group that supported Bimetallism

16. Farmers Group that supported Bimetallism

17. Vast grasslands extending through the west-central portion of the US

18. Great Plains Vast grasslands extending through the west-central portion of the US

19. Leader of the Nez Perce´ Oregon Territory Ordered tribe to comply with US orders to avoid further bloodshed

20. Chief Joseph Leader of the Nez Perce´ Oregon Territory Ordered tribe to comply with US orders to avoid further bloodshed

21. 1 st Indian War 270 Native Americans were killed by US forces Cause = Chief Black Kettle led Cheyenne warriors on raids of mining camps and local settlements

22. Sand Creek Massacre 1 st Indian War 270 Native Americans were killed by US forces Cause = Chief Black Kettle led Cheyenne warriors on raids of mining camps and local settlements

23. Defeated by the Sioux General George Custer Killed Seventh Cavalry slaughtered Native American victory

24. Battle of Little Big Horn Defeated by the Sioux General George Custer Killed Seventh Cavalry slaughtered Native American victory

25. Last battle of the Indian Wars American soldiers killed over 200 unarmed Sioux

26. Wounded Knee Last battle of the Indian Wars American soldiers killed over 200 unarmed Sioux

27. Writer A Century of Dishonor Argued that the US government had mistreated and betrayed Native Americans Broken treaties Took land

28. Helen Hunt Jackson Writer A Century of Dishonor Argued that the US government had mistreated and betrayed Native Americans Broken treaties Took land

29. Law Gave Native Americans land to farm Broke up traditional ways of life Encouraged Native Americans to own their own land

30. Dawes Severity Act Law Gave Native Americans land to farm Broke up traditional ways of life Encouraged Native Americans to own their own land

31. Technology that settled the west Aided in the destruction of the Buffalo

32. Railroad Technology that settled the west Aided in the destruction of the Buffalo

33. Two groups who helped build the railroad

34. Chinese and Irish Two groups who helped build the railroad

35. Free farmland in the west Promoted westward expansion Law

36. Homestead Act of 1862 Free farmland in the west Promoted westward expansion Law

37. Competition to give away land Sooner state

38. Oklahoma Land Rush Competition to give away land Sooner state

39. Name of a group of people Lived in sod houses Farmed on the Great Plains

40. Soddies Name of a group of people Lived in sod houses Farmed on the Great Plains

41. Law Sale of federal land to help finance agricultural colleges

42. Morrill Land Grant Act Law Sale of federal land to help finance agricultural colleges

43. Largest silver strike Nevada

44. Comstock Lode Largest silver strike Nevada

45. Black soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars

46. Buffalo Soldiers Black soldiers who fought in the Indian Wars

47. African Americans Left the south for the west to escape discrimination after the Civil War

48. Exodusters African Americans Left the south for the west to escape discrimination after the Civil War

49. Founder of the Mormons Killed in Illinois by a mob

50. Joseph Smith Founder of the Mormons Killed in Illinois by a mob

51. Led Mormons west to Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah

52. Brigham Young Led Mormons west to Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah

53. Steel plow Helped cut the deep prairie sod

54. John Deere Steel plow Helped cut the deep prairie sod

55. Connected the East and Western markets Union and Pacific joined at Promontory Point Utah Golden spike

56. Transcontinental Railroad Connected the East and Western markets Union and Pacific joined at Promontory Point Utah Golden spike

57. Northwestern Alliance Southern Farmers’ Alliance Colored Farmers’ National Alliance

58. Farmers Cooperatives Northwestern Alliance Southern Farmers’ Alliance Colored Farmers’ National Alliance

59. Little or no regulation of business by government

60. Laissez-faire Little or no regulation of business by government

61. Supreme Court Case States had right to regulate certain businesses within their boarders

62. Munn v. Illinois Supreme Court Case States had right to regulate certain businesses within their boarders

63. Supreme Court Railroad traffic across state lines could only be regulated by the federal government

64. Wabash v. Illinois Supreme Court Railroad traffic across state lines could only be regulated by the federal government

65. Created the Interstate Commerce Commission Regulated railroad rates

66. Interstate Commerce Act Created the Interstate Commerce Commission Regulated railroad rates