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18 Cards in this Set
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Great Plains
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the vast grassland that extends through the central portion of North America, from Texas northward to Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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the treaty requiring the Sioux to live on a reservation along the Missouri River
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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the massacre by U.S. soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, in 1890
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assimilation
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a minority groups adoption of the beliefs and way of life of the dominant culture
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Dawes Act
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a law, enacted in 1887, that was intended to "Americanize" Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners
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longhorn
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a breed of sturdy, long-horned cattle brought by the Spanish to Mexico and suited to the dry conditions of the Southwest
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Chisholm Trail
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the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas
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long drive
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the movement of cattle over trails to a shipping center
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Homestead Act
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a U.S. law enacted in 1862, that provided 160 acres in the West to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of household and would cultivate the land for 5 years; a law whose passage led to record numbers U.S. settler claiming private property which previously had been reserved by treaty and tradition for Native American nomadic dwelling and use; the same law strengthened in 1889 to encourage individuals to execise their private property rights and develop homesteads out of the vast government lands
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exoduster
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an Afican American who migrated from the South to Kansas in the post-Reconstruction years
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soddy
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a home built of blocks of turf
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Morrill Acts
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laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states
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bonanza farm
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an enormous farm on which a single crop is grown
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Grange
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the Patrons of Husbandry - a social and educational organization through which farmers attempted to combat the power of the railroads in the late 19th century
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Farmers' Alliances
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groups of farmers, or those in sympathy with farming issues, who sent lecturers from town to town to educate people about agricultural and rural issues
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Populism
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a late-19th-century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government and seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers
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bimetallism
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the use of both gold and silver as a basis for a national monetary system
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gold standard
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a monetary system in which the basic unit of currency is defined in terms of a set amount of gold
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