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37 Cards in this Set
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af. am. migrants to KS
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exodusters
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grassland extending through the West
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Great Plains
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tried to "Americanize" Native Americans
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Dawes Act
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offered free western land to settlers
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Homestead Act
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started the Grange
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Oliver Hudson Kelley
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movement of the people
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Populism
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backing dollars solely with gold
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gold standard
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major cattle route from Texas to Kansas
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Chisholm Trail
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monetary system based on silver and gold
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Bimetallism
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Republican candidate in 1896 presidential election (eventual winner)
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William McKinley
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gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges
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Morrill Act
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battle that brought the Indian Wars to an end
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux, resisted western settlement by whites
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Sitting Bull
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animal that provided many basic needs for the Plains Indians and was central to their way of life
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buffalo
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the prospect of striking this drew many settlers to the Great Plains
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gold
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Sioux agreed to move to a reservation
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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country that the American cowboy drew many of his customs from its ranchers
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Mexico
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led to the growth of the cattle industry in cities
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demand for beef
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25% of all cowboys were
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immigrants
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where general george custer and his troops were routed
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Battle of Little Big Horn
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factors in ending the open range era
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overgrazing of land, extended bad weather, and the invention of barbed wire
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completion of this made rapid settlement of the West possible
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transcontinental railroad
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in 1889, settlers claim some 2 million acres in less than a day in a free land giveaway in what is now which state?
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Oklahoma
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played many roles in settling the West
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women
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prevented crop dehydration by bringing up underground water
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windmill
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what did settlers build their homes with and why?
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soddy b/c forestland was scarce on the Plains
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prevented animals from trampling crops and wandering off
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barbed wire
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created in 1872 by the federal gov. in an effort to help conserve the frontier
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Yellowstone National Park
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By 1880, many settlers in Minnesota and Wisconsin were this race
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Af. Am.
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invented steel plow in 1837
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John Deere
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two railroad lines met in this state to form the first transcontinental railroad
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Utah
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what problems did many plains farmers face during the late 1800s?
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many farmers were trapped in a viscous economic cycle with mortgages
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what was the Grange's plan for improving conditions for farmers?
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teaching its members how to organize, set up farmer's cooperatives, and to sponsor state legislation to regulate railroads
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what did the populist party platform call for?
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increase in money supply, graduated income tax, federal loan program, us senators elected by popular vote, secret ballots, 8hr workday and limits on immigration
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what were the consequences of the panic of 1893?
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the price of silver dropped..15,000 businesses and 500 banks collapsed.. panic deepened the depression
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what was the difference between the "gold bugs" and the "silverites"?
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gold bugs favored gold standard. silverites favored bimentallism
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how did the presidential election of 1896 bring an end to populism?
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mckinley won the election, and populism collapsed
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