1. US History Chapter 5 Vocabulary

2. Warm-up p. 15 Copy the following quote- These lands are ours, no one has the right to remove us because we were the first owners.

3. Sitting Bull Leader of the Sioux Indians Played a role in the major victory at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against Lt. Col. Custer

4. Sitting Bull

5. Assimilation A minority group’s adoption of the beliefs & way of life of the dominant culture

6. Assimilation

7. Dawes Act Enacted in 1887, that was intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners

8. Dawes Act

9. Battle of Wounded Knee The massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans

10. The Battle of Wounded Knee

11. Homestead Act Act that gave land in the west to any citizen. Taking land away from Native Americans

12. Homestead Act

13. Morrill Act Laws enacted in 1862 & 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states.

14. Morrill Act

15. Bonanza farm An enormous farm on which a single crop is grown.

16. Bonanza farm

17. Grange A social & educational organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads in the late 19th century.

18. Grange

19. Farmers’ Alliance Groups of farmers, or those sympathize with farming issues sent farmers to town to educate people about agriculture

20. Farmers’ Alliance

21. Populism Late 19th century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government & seeking to advance the interests of farmers and labors

22. Populism

23. Bimetallism The use of both gold & silver as a basis for a national monetary system.

24. Bimetallism

25. Gold Standard Monetary system in which the basic unit of currency is defined in terms in amount of gold.

26. Gold Standard

27. Williams Jennings Bryan Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896. He was a strong supported Prohibition in the 1920s & attacked Darwinism and evolution.

28. Williams Jennings Bryan

29. Treaty of Fort Laramie The Sioux agreement to live on reservation land along the Missouri River.

30. Treaty of Fort Laramie

31. Buffalo The most significant blow to tribal life was the killing of the buffalo.

32. Buffalo

33. Barbed Wire Invented to prevent animals from trampling crops and wandering off.

34. Barbed Wire

35. Steel Plow Invented in 1837 made farming more efficient in root-filled soil.

36. Steel Plow

37. Horses Increased the mobility of Native Americans and helped with hunting.

38. Horse - Appaloosas The Appaloosa has had a prominent role in shaping the history of the American West. From being the trusted mount of the Comanche and Plains Indians to being adapted for the cowboy way of life, the Appaloosa has come a long way. To the left, this blanketed Appaloosa shows the immense beauty and power of this horse.

39. Horse - Appaloosas