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United States of America [r]: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. ^[e]

Louisiana Purchase [r]: A land purchase of the entire Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France by the United States by President Thomas Jefferson. ^[e]
Omaha [r]: Add brief definition or description
Lincoln, Nebraska [r]: Capital of the U.S. state of Nebraska, on open prairie in the southeastern part of the state; population in 2020 was 291,383. ^[e]
Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: a U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. ^[e]
Oregon Trail [r]: Add brief definition or description
Homestead Act of 1862 [r]: Add brief definition or description
Dust bowl [r]: Add brief definition or description
Red Cloud [r]: Add brief definition or description
William Jennings Bryan [r]: (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) American politician, Democratic presidential nominee and lawyer in the Scopes Trial. ^[e]
Chimney Rock [r]: Add brief definition or description
Platte River [r]: A river formed by the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte rivers in southwestern Nebraska which flows eastwards from there through Nebraska for 310 miles until it empties into the Missouri River near Omaha. ^[e]

Willa Cather [r]: (1873-1947) American writer who wrote several novels portraying frontier life on the Great Plains of America in the late 19th century, among them O Pioneers! and My Ántonia. ^[e]
O Pioneers! [r]: 1913 novel by Willa Cather about a young woman who manages and operates a farming homestead during frontier years in late 19th century Nebraska. ^[e]
My Ántonia [r]: Add brief definition or description
Meyer v. Nebraska [r]: 1923 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Nebraska law forbidding the teaching of modern languages other than English to young schoolchildren. ^[e]