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19 Cards in this Set
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues.
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John M. Chivington
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U.S. Army colonel. Defended his actions, declaring "It is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians.
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Sand Creek Masacre
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Attack by U.S. Army troops in which some 200 peaceful Cheyenne were killed in Colorado
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Sitting Bull
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Tatanka Iyotake, a Lakota Sioux. Emerged as an important leader of Sioux resistance.
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George Armstrong Custer
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Led a battalion of more than 200 men into the camp.
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
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The last victory for the Sioux.
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Wovaka
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Brought hope to discouraged American Indians throughout the West.
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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Shocked many Americans. Incident marked the end of the bloody conflict between soldiers and American Indians on the Great Plains.
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Chief Joseph
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Surrendered to the U.S. Army less than 40 miles from the Canadian border
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Geronimo
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Fled the reservation with about 75 followers.
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Sarah Winnemucca
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Called attention to the problems of American Indians.
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Dawes General Allotment Act
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Required that Indian lands be surveyed and that American 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 intend citizen to select any surveyed land up to 160 acres and to gain title to it after five years' residence"
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Pacific Railway Act
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Gave lands to railroad companies to develop a railroad line lining the East and West coasts.
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Morrill Act
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Granted a total of more than 17 million acres of federal land 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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A 70 year old former slave
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Department of Agriculture
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Helped farmers adapt to their new environment.
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Bonanza farm
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Owned by large companies and operated like factories, with machinery, professional managers, and specialized laborers for different tasks.
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