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32 Cards in this Set
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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was the government agency responsible for managing American Indians.
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John M. Chivington
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U.S. Army
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Sand Creek Massacre
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200 of Black Kettle's group, most of them woman and children died
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Sitting bull
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Tatanka Iyotake, a Lokota Siox. born in 1831 along the banks of the Missouri river.
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George Armstrong Custer
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Lieutentant Colonel, him and 600 members of the U.S. Army 7th Cavalry reached the American Indian camp.
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Battle of the little bighorn
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proved to be the last victory for the Siox.
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Wovoka
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began a religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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shocked many Americans. The incident marked the end of hte bloody conflict between soldiers and American Indians on the Great Plains
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Chief Joseph
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Nez Percé leader
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Geronimo
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Apach leader fled the reservation with about 75 followers, raided settlements thoughout Arizona and New Mexico.
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Sarah Winnemucca
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a Paiute she called attention to the problems of American Indian.
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Dawes General Allotment Act
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required Indians lands be surveyed and that American Indian families receive an allotment of 160 acres of reservation land for farming
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Homestead Act
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permitted any citizen or intended citizen to select any surveyed land up to 160 acres to gain title to it after five years residence of the person cultivated the land.
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Pacific Railway Act
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gave lands to railroad companies to develop a railroad linking the east and west coast
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Morrill Act
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granted a total of more than 17 million acres if federal lands to the states
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Exodusters
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African American settlers trekked west
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Benjamin Singleton
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following leader,a 70-year-old former slave
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sod horses
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building made from chunks cut from the heavy topsoil that were stacked like bricks.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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helped farmers adapt to their new environment.
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Bonanza farm
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Large-scale farm usually owned by a large company and like a factory
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Willa Cather
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born in Virginia in1873 was one such a writer. Traveled to Nebraska for a farm.
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Texas Longhorn
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Texans had interbred English cattle with Spanish cattle to produce a new breed
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Long drive
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Long overland treks on which cowboys herded cattle from ranches to rail lines
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railhead
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a town located along a railroad
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open rage
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free grazing land
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barbed wire
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a cheap fencing material
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Joseph Glidden
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Illinois farmer.
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Comstock Lode
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one of the worlds richest silver veins.
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Patio process
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which used mercury extract sliver from ore
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William H. Seward
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negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867
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Hydraulic
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water shot at high pressure
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hard-rock mining
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involved sinking deep shafts
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