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19 Cards in this Set
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reservations
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Parcels of land set aside by the federal government for Native Americans.
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Joseph Smith
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Founded the Mormon Faith; wrote the the book of Mormon
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Homestead Act
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Gave pioneers 160 acres of land if they agreed to farm it for 5 years.
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assimilation
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When a minority culture is absorbed into the dominant culture.
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migration
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Movement of people from one area within a country to another.
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Manifest Destiny
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The idea that the U.S. no only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
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Comstock Lode
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Richest discovery of precious ores (silver) in U.S. history.
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The Grange
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Also known as the Patrons of Husbandry, founded in 1867 to improve agricultural methods and promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the U.S.
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Wounded Knee
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A massacre of Native Americans in South Dakota Marked the end of the Indian Wars on the Great Plains.
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Barbed Wire
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Ended the era of the open-range by fencing in large plots of land cheaply.
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Oklahoma Land Rush
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Big giveaway of land to settle a territory. Was run like a race to capture each plot's flag and "stake their claim"
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Populism
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A political movement that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general people, especially contrasting those interests of the elite.
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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Montana 1876 - Site of epic battle between several thousand Native Americans and 210 Calvary soldiers led by Lt. Colonel George Custer. Every Calvary soldier was killed.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Connected the East and the West and moved goods and people.
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Great Plains
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The central part of the U.S. that is characterized by grasslands, little trees, and is ideal for farming and ranching.
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Sooners
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People who cheated during the Oklahoma Land Rush.
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Brigham Young
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Led the Mormons west to present day Utah to escape persecution.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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A law that was passed to limit the number of new immigrants from Asia.
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Chief Joseph
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The leader of the Nez Perce. He lead a group that resisted being forced on the reservation.
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