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11 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction
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Preservation of Souther Political/Social Structure, Northern ambiguity-Anti slavery vs. Pro-Slave, Institutional slavery as a barrier to western development
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Decline of Native Culture
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Dawes Severalty Act and Ghost Dance
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Dawes Severalty Act
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aimed at freeing up western land for white settlers and acculturating American Indians to American values and practices.
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Ghost Dance
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is a spiritual movement when conditions were bad on Indian reservations and Native Americans needed something to give them hope.
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Railroads
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Travel Issues:Time-capacity-safety-weather, Pacific railroad Act of 1862
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Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
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20 sq. miles of land each linear mile of track, 400 ft. right of way, 113 million acres, 30 year bonds at 6%. Rise of big business and railroad barons, new government/business alliance
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Homesteaders
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homestead act, open range vs. Farms, Newlands Reclamation Act
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Homestead Act
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It provided for the transfer of 160 acres of unoccupied public land to each homesteader on payment
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Open Range vs. Farms
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Barbed Wire
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Newland Reclamation Act
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Isolation and survival, Frederick Jackson turn and the Frontier Theory
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Frontier Theory
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uniqueness of the American character could be traced to America's frontier experience
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