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26 Cards in this Set
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first agreement between the US and western indians
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fort laramie treaty
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300 miles march across the desert by Navajo-caputres to a reservation
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Long Walk
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new religion movement in plains; indians massacre at wounded knee sd
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ghost dance
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made land ownership among Inidians private rather than communal-broke up reservation lands
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Dawes General Allotmant Act
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California, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, and Montana
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Gold Rushes
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rich Strike of gold or silver such as the Comstock Load
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bonanza
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the richest mine of both gold and silver
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Comstock Load
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settlements that grew suddenly with the opening of a mine and disappeared when the mine closed down
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boomtowns
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difficult and dangerous work-later taken over by companies due to expense of large scale mining
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mining
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inspired companies to beigin laying tracks - gave companies loans and land grants required the railroad to carry mail and troops at reduced rates
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Pacific railway acts
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relay of mail by horseback doomed by the telegraph and railroad
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pony express
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public land where ranchers grazed their herds
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open range
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water rights to ponds and rivers
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range rights
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gathering cattle together either for branding or preparation for a drive
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round up
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taking the herds miles north either to market or to northern grazing plains
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cattle drive
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one of the earliest and most used routes
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chisholm trail
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competition between large ranchers, small ranchers and farmers for land
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range wars
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what caused the decline of the cattle kingdom?
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overgrazing and harsh winters
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encouraged settlers to move west
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federal land grants
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160 acres of land if you lived there and farmed it for 5 yrs
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Homestead act
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gave 17 million acres of land to western states to sell and build colleges with
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Morrill act
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switching to hardy drought resistent crops like red wheat
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dry farming
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mass movement of African Americans to the West
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exodusters
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trail used by miners between Montana and wyoming
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bozeman trail
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state that was not the site of a major Gold Rush
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Arizona
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Spanish and English breeds of cattle brought to the West mixed, and by the 1800s had produced _______
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Texas Longhorns
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