1. Technological Advances Progress in the use of scientific discoveries for practical use.

2. Erode The movement of soil from one place to another through natural processes. – Examples: Wind and rain.

3. Dust Storm A strong wind carrying clouds of dust across or from a dry region.

4. Barbed Wire Wire with sharp points on it every few inches, used for fencing.

5. Steel Plow A steel farm tool used for cutting and lifting the soil and turning it over.

6. Sod Houses Houses made of stacked sod, which are pieces or layers of dirt containing the grass and its roots.

7. Windmills A machine worked by the action of wind used to pump water.

8. Dry Farming A way of farming dry land in which seed are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture.

9. Transcontinental Railroad A railroad project contracted by the U.S. government in 1863 & completed in 1869 linking the east and west coasts. A railroad project contracted by the U.S. government in 1863 & completed in 1869 linking the east and west coasts. NOTE: The Union Pacific built from the east, & the Central Pacific from the west. The two lines met in Utah. The Central Pacific laborers were mostly Chinese, and the Union Pacific laborers mostly Irish.

10. Migration The movement of people or animals from one place to another. The movement of people or animals from one place to another.

11. Great Plains (Prairie) The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flat land, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flat land, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. This area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.

12. Assimilation To adapt and conform to the customs or attitudes of a group or nation.

13. Reservation A tract of public land set apart for a special purpose such as the use of an American Indian tribe. A tract of public land set apart for a special purpose such as the use of an American Indian tribe.

14. Geronimo This Native–American was an Apache war chief who was opposed to Westward Expansion. This Native–American was an Apache war chief who was opposed to Westward Expansion. – He took revenge on the Mexicans & settlers of the Southwest for the murder of his wife, mother, & three children. – He later surrendered to U.S. authorities & remained a prisoner of war until his death in Actual signature above. Geronimo 1887

15. Chief Joseph This Native-American chief of a Nez Perce tribe in Idaho who was opposed to Westward Expansion. This Native-American chief of a Nez Perce tribe in Idaho who was opposed to Westward Expansion. – He tried to move his people to Canada, while fighting off the U.S. military, but eventually surrendered and relocated to a reservation rather than see more of his people die. – Upon his surrender he stated, “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

16. Sitting Bull Native-American chief of the Sioux nation who was opposed to Westward Expansion. Native-American chief of the Sioux nation who was opposed to Westward Expansion. – He is most famous for the multi-tribal victory known as the battle of Little Big Horn or Custer’s Last Stand in – Sitting Bull would later surrender in 1881 and be forced onto a reservation where he is killed by Indian police in Actual signature above.

17. Nez Perce` This Native-American tribal nation lived mainly in the Pacific Northwest of the United States; the name translates to “The People.” This Native-American tribal nation lived mainly in the Pacific Northwest of the United States; the name translates to “The People.” Their descendants now inhabit a reservation in Idaho. Their descendants now inhabit a reservation in Idaho.