Ap History Ch. 17

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Great Plains

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Treeless, nearly flat, plain, extending from Mississippi river to Rocky Mountains

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"Crowd Nobody"

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Greeley urged people to do this to avoid overpopulation.

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"Indian Country"

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Where the Indians were at- mostly great plains and out west.

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Chivington Massacre

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Also called the Sand Creek massacre, US militia slaughtered friendly Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.

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Red Cloud

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War leader of the Oglala Lakota. Thought be US to be leader of Lakota.

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Fetterman Massacre

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Indians ambushed and massacred a bunch of federal troops sent to attack them.

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Buffalo Soldiers

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Black soldiers out in the west., specifically, the Ninth and Tenth regiment.

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Red River War

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Campaign launched by US to remove Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians from the Southern Plains.

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Sitting Bull

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Sioux holy man who led his people as War Chief against the US

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Crazy Horse

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War Leader of the Oglala Sioux. Fought in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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George Armstrong Custer

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American Colonel- led US 7th Cavalry. Killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

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7th Cavalry

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Cavalry that was slaughtered in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 320/700 casualties. Best equipped and supplied in the Army.

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Nez Perce Tribe

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Refused to accept reservation- fought retreating war towards Canada- almost made it. Surrendered at Chinook.

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Chief Joseph

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Leader of Nez Perce Tribe

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Wovoka

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AKA Jack Wilson. Founded Ghost Dance movement.

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Ghost Dance

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A Indian dance, supposed to drive away whites, bring back buffalo, and bring back ancestors. Also the Native American religious revival associated with the dance and Wovoka.

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Wounded Knee Massacre

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Massacre in response to Ghost Dances. Many dead.

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Assimilation

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When one thing absorbs another.

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Court of Indian Offenses

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Commissioned by the Indian Commissioner, did legal cases for the Indian Tribes.

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Dawes Severalty Act

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Regards the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma.

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Extermination of the Buffalo

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Buffalo were killed by the thousands of a period of years. Helped cause extinction of Indian culture.

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Buffalo Bill Cody

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Buffalo hunter turned performance artist. Made living doing wild west shows back east.

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Gold Rush of 1849

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Gold discovered in California- first big gold rush and boom time.

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Overland Trail

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A famous wagon and stagecoach trail in the west.

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Homestead Act of 1862

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Gives settler up to 160 acres, as long as the land was improved.

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TIMBER CULTURE ACT OF 1873

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Settlers get another 160 if they planted trees on one-fourth of it.

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TIMBER AND STONE ACT OF 1878

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Western timberland sold in 160 acre packets for $2.50 an acre, for logging or mining.

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NATIONAL RECLAMATION ACT

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Funded irrigation of the western lands.

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"HYDRAULIC" SOCIETY

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Society in which water is used as a means of control.

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ROMUALDO PACHECO

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California's only hispanic governor.

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LAS GORRAS BLANCAS

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A group that believed in retaking mexican land from white farmers and ranchers.

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"INSTANT CITIES"

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Cities that grew incredibly quickly because of gold rushs and huge claims nearby.

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PLACER MINING

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Mining done on alluvial deposits- easiest type of mining, also done by lone prospectors.

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COMSTOCK LODE

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Huge silver and gold lode found- 54 feet wide.

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CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

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Banned Chinese immigration to US for 10 years.

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FOREIGN MINERS TAX

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A tax on foreign miners in the US, to help keep the numbers done and keep US labor intact.

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VAQUEROS

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Vaquero is a mexican cowboy.

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WYOMING STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION

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Wyoming association of ranchers who wanted to standardize and organize ranching. Grew into political machine, famous for it's role in the Johnson's County War.

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EXODUSTERS

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Black farmers who emigrated from the south to escape racism and discrimination.

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DRY FARMING

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A type of farming in which deep burrows were dig in the ground to prevent water from escaping into the air. Needed huge tracts of land.

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NATIONAL GRANGE

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A society for the betterment of farmers, which grew into a political machine for farmers.

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BONANZA FARMS

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Large farms performing large scale operations, mostly growing and harvesting wheat.

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TURNERS THESIS

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A thesis that states America's innovation, aggressiveness, and the like were good things that resulted from America's frontier, and that everything was very dandy and nice there.