US History

Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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.

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

Sitting Bull

Assimilation

• A minority group’s adoption of the beliefs & way of life of the dominant culture

Assimilation

Dawes Act

• Enacted in 1887, that was intended to “Americanize” Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners

Dawes Act

Battle of Wounded Knee

• The massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans

The Battle of Wounded Knee

Homestead Act

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

Homestead Act

Morrill Act

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

Morrill Act

Bonanza farm

• An enormous farm on which a single crop is grown.

Bonanza farm

Grange

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

Grange

Farmers’ Alliance

• Groups of farmers, or those sympathize with farming issues sent farmers to town to educate people about agriculture

Farmers’ Alliance

Populism

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

Populism

Bimetallism

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

Bimetallism

Gold Standard

• Monetary system in which the basic unit of currency is defined in terms in amount of gold.

Gold Standard

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.

Williams Jennings Bryan

Treaty of Fort Laramie

• The Sioux agreement to live on reservation land along the Missouri River.

Treaty of Fort Laramie

Buffalo

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

Buffalo

Barbed Wire

• Invented to prevent animals from trampling crops and wandering off.

Barbed Wire

Steel Plow

• Invented in 1837 made farming more efficient in root-filled soil.

Steel Plow

Horses

• Increased the mobility of Native Americans and helped with hunting.

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.

Horse - Appaloosas