Legislature - branch of government that passes laws., Montana Council - wrote a set of rules for all Montanans to follow in wartime., Montana Sedition Law - law made it illegal to say or write any thing critical of the federal or state government, the military, the war, or any war programs., First Amendment - protects people’s rights to free speech and to practice religion in their own way., Janet Smith - She was accused of saying to neigh bors that she wished people would protest the war and that she would rather turn her livestock out into the crops than help the government., Ernest Starr - - a homesteader near Hardin, refused to force kiss the flag to prove his loyalty, Frank Little - “half Cherokee, half white, and all Wobbly” because he was so dedicated to workers’ rights., Rustling Card System - Anaconda Company’s system of requiring a Company issued card before a miner could get work., Strike - an organized pro test in which workers refuse to work., Hoist cage - a steel elevator that took men down into a mine). The f i re pressed smoke, carbon monoxide, and other poisonous gases into every corner of the mine., Bulkheads - walls dividing shafts belonging to different mines) blocked their escape., Manholes - - iron escape holes, required by state law for just such emergencies, had not been installed., Inflation - higher prices increased the cost of living and ate up more of the miners’ paychecks than ever., Indian reservations - land that tribes had reserved for their own use through treaties., Rock in the box - to move ore (rock containing precious metals) as fast as they could., CPI - agency that generate support for the war effort., Council of Defense  - organization to coordinate resources and industry for national security., Loyalty Committee - investigate federal employees for communist ties, Montana sedition - making illegal to criticize the government.,

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