Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 18
West
15
Social Studies
8th Grade
10/17/2012

Additional Social Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Comstock Lode
Definition
huge deposit of gold and silver in nevada
Term
Cattle Kindom
Definition
Area in the Great Plains where ranchers raised cattle
Term
Transcontinental Railroad
Definition
railroad that connect the East to the West
Term
Reservations
Definition
areas of federal landset aside for Native Americans
Term
George A. Custer
Definition
was defeted by Sioux at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
Term
Massacre at Wonded Knee
Definition
US Army killed 150 Sioux in South Dakota. Many women and children were killed
Term
Long Walk
Definition
300 mile march the Navajo were foreced to walk to a reservation
Term
Homestead Act
Definition
US Govt gave land to small farmers
Term
Sodbusters
Definition
nickname for farmers who had to work hard to break up difficult soil
Term
Populist Party
Definition
new party and wanted the government to own all railroads, telephone, and telegraph systems
Term
Deflation
Definition
a decrease in the money supply and overall lower prices
Term
Godlen Spike
Definition
Connected the East and Western Railways
Term
Plains Indians
Definition
Native Americans that lived in the west before US took their land
Term
Buffalo Soldiers
Definition
this is what the Indians called the US Troops
Term
Panic of 1893
Definition
US economy experienced a shortage of gold
Supporting users have an ad free experience!