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15 Cards in this Set
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Chief Joseph
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Faced with forced removal, Indian chief, helped lead legendary retreat for over 4 months.
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James J. Hill
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Part of the "big 4" the 4 men who decided to create the railroads.
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Sitting Bull
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Sioux Chief who led the attack on cluster at Battle of Little Bighorn.
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General Cluster
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Commander of U.S. troops at battle of Little Bighorn.
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Little Bighorn
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1876 battle in which Sioux and Cheyenne killed an entire force of U.S. troops.
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Wounded Knee
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Mass killing by U.S. soldiers of as many as 300 unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee SD in 1890
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Comstock Load
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A deposit of valuable mineral buried in layers of rock.
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Promontory Point
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Where Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroad meet.
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma land rush.
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Buffalo
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To kill off the Indians food source so they go to reservation and Americans get more land.
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Oklahoma Land Rush
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Unclaimed land and Indian territory they had a race for settlers to claim the land and farm it and live there for 5 years
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Homestead Act
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Cattle trails, cowboys or cowhands.
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Nomadic Way of Life
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Follow the food source.
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Sod houses
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A house made of sod sod was the main construction source in the great plains.
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief that the United States was meant to expand coast to coast.
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