Chapter 5 Vocab

Front

A Spanish cowboy

Back

vaquero

Front

Land set aside for Native Americans

Back

reservation

Front

Unsettled land occupied by Native Americans

Back

frontier

Front

Social organization of farmers that became a political movement for government ownership of railroads.

Back

Grange

Front

Name for farmers who broke tough soil

Back

sodbuster

Front

Business owned by members managing their interests

Back

cooperative

Front

Act granting 160 acres to citizens improving land

Back

Homestead Act

Front

South Pass is an example of _________ that suddenly grew in population

Back

boom town

Front

A V_________ takes law into their own hands

Back

Vigilante

Front

Act that aimed to assimilate Native Americans by erasing tribal culture

Back

Dawes Act