ss vocab Flashcards
Brand
A symbol burned into an animal’s hide to identify its owner
Cow towns
Railroad towns for marketing and shipping cattle
Dawes Act
Law that aimed to eliminate Native American’s lack of
private property and their nomadic lifestyle and tradition
Dry Farming
A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep
into the ground where there is moisture
Exoduster
Over 40,000 newly freed African Americans migrated from
the south to the west
Free Silver
The unlimited production of silver coins
Homestead Act
Gave over 160 acres of free land to a settler who paid a
filing fee and lived on the land for five years
Long Drive
Herding of cattle for a 1,000 miles or more to meet the
railroad
Manifest Destiny
The idea popular in the US during the 1800’s that the
country must expand its borders from the Atlantic to the
Pacific
Markets
Places to buy and sell products
National Grange
The first organization of farmers in the US (educational)
Nomadic
Moving from place to place with no permanent home
Open Range
Land not fenced or divided into lots
Populist Party
US political party formed in 1892 representing mainly
farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government
control of railroads and other monopolies
Primary Sources
Historical documents or artifacts that come directly from the
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