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Homestead Act
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1862 law that offered 160 acres free to anyone who agreed to live on and improve the land for five years
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Exodusters
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name for African Americans who settled on the Great Plains
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Grange
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organization formed in 1867 to meet the social needs of farm families
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sodbusters
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name for pioneer farmers on the Great Plains
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Populist Party
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political party formed in 1890's that wanted a policy that would raise crop prices
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gold standard
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a policy under which the government backs every dollar with a certain amount of gold
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democratic and Populist
candidate for President in 1896 who advocated a policy of free silver |
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sod
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the top layer of prairie soil that contains thick, tightly tangled grass roots
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