Barbed wire
Windmill
Sharecroppers
Wire with sharp points
twisted into it, used to
make fences. This helped
keep cattle in a specific
location and prevent cattle
theft.
A structure with rotating
(spinning) blades that uses the
force of the wind to produce
energy or to pump water.
A type of poor farmers,
usually freed slaves, who
worked someone else's
land and paid for its use by
giving the landowner a
share of the crops grown
This was used to pull water up from the
ground to allow farmers to plant crops in
places that were away from major
waterways and did not have much rain.
Buffalo
Soldiers
African-American
soldiers in the U.S. Army
who fought Native
Americans
Reservation Expansion
(the action or event of expanding)
An area of land set aside
(reserved) by the U.S.
government for Native
Americans
The action or event of
becoming larger or more
extensive, such as by
gaining land or spreading
across an area
Immigration Boom and
Bust
Petroleum
(A person who does this is an
immigrant.)
The process of people
moving into a foreign
country or region to
become permanent
residents
A long period of huge
profits, followed by a
sharp decline in profits
(Profits are money that
people or businesses earn.)
A substance that
provides oil, gasoline,
and other fuels. Today, it
is also made into many
other products (such as
plastic).
Populism
Progressive
Era
Urbanization
(The ideas of this era are called
Progressivism.)
A political idea that
favored ordinary people
and pushed against the
established political
parties, especially to help
farmers
A time period when people
and political candidates
wanted to use government
to reform or improve
society (make progress), in
the late 1800s and early
1900s
Movement of people into
cities and out of rural
areas (farms and
ranches)