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40 Cards in this Set
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What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
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A government agency responsible for managing American Indian issues.
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Who was John M. Chivington?
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A U.S. Army colonel who, with 700-some Colorado volunteers, showed the Cheyenne men that he'd come in peace, and then suddenly opened fire on the men women and children, killing nearly 200 Indians -- The Sand Creek Massacre.
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What is Tatanka Iyotake's Indian name, and who was he?
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Sitting Bull; An important leader of the Sioux resistance, and had a vision predicting the Battle of the Rosebud .
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Who did George Armstrong Custer fight against, and did he win?
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The Lakota Sioux Tribe; No.
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Who was the Battle of the Little Bighorn between, and who won?
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The Sioux and Custer and his army; The Sioux.
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What did Wovoka start?
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A religious movement known as the Ghost Dance.
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Who was believed to have been avenged through the Massacre at Wounded Knee?
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Custer.
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What happened at Wounded Knee?
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Soldiers tried to acquire guns from the Indians, but were unsatisfied, and opened fire. 150 SIoux Indians and 30 soldiers were killed.
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Who was Chief Joseph, and what did he agree to?
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Leader of the Idaho Indians; A reservation relocation.
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Who was Geronimo?
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An Apache leader who fled his reservation with about 75 men, raiding settlements in Arizona & Mexico.
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Who brought attention to the American Indians, especially pertaining to the mills that were supposed to be built?
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Sarah Winnemucca.
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What was the Dawes General Allotment Act?
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An act requiring Indian lands to be surveyed & American Indian families to receive allotments of 160 acres of reservation land for farming.
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What was the Homestead Act?
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An act permitting "any citizen or intended citizen to select any surveyed land up to 160 acres and to gain title to it after five years' residence.
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What gave land to railroad companies to help develop a railroad line?
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The Pacific Railway Act.
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What did the Morrill Act do?
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Granted a total of more than 17 million acres of federal land to states.
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Who were Exodusters?
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African American settlers who headed west, following leaders like Benjamin SIngleton.
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Who was Benjamin Singleton?
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A 70-year-old former slave who lead the African American settlers west.
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What are sod houses made of?
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Mainly soil and wood.
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When was the U.S. Department of Agriculture made?
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1862.
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What was a bonanza farm?
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A large-scale operation with new farm machinery and cheap, abundant land.
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Who was Willa Cather?
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A woman who wrote Western stories about life on the Great Plains.
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What was produced from mixing English cattle with Spanish cattle?
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A Texas longhorn.
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When did long drives occur?
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When cowboys were herding their cattle to the railroads.
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What was at the end of the long drives?
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A railhead, or town along a railroad.
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What's another term for 'free grazing land'?
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Open range.
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Who made barbed wire, and what was it?
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a cheap fencing material created by Joseph Glidden.
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What is the Comstock Lode?
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One of the world's richest silver veins, yielding almost $500 million in just 20 years.
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What's the patio process?
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Using mercury to extract silver from ore.
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Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867?
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William H. Seward.
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What is hydraulic mining?
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water being shot at high pressures to rip away gravel & dirt to expose the minerals beneath.
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What's hard-rock mining?
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Sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks.
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When did long drives occur?
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When cowboys were herding their cattle to the railroads.
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What was at the end of the long drives?
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A railhead, or town along a railroad.
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What's another term for 'free grazing land'?
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Open range.
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Who made barbed wire, and what was it?
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a cheap fencing material created by Joseph Glidden.
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What is the Comstock Lode?
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One of the world's richest silver veins, yielding almost $500 million in just 20 years.
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What's the patio process?
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Using mercury to extract silver from ore.
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Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867?
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William H. Seward.
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What is hydraulic mining?
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water being shot at high pressures to rip away gravel & dirt to expose the minerals beneath.
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What's hard-rock mining?
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Sinking deep shafts to obtain ore locked in veins of rocks.
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