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12 Cards in this Set
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Plains Indians
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Tribes of the midwest. Mostly harrassed by White Settlers
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Chinese Migration
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Chinese were at first accepted by whites, but were then later seen as competition and were discriminates against. Payed lower wages for harder work
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Homestead Act
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1862. Permitted Settlers to purchase 160 acres at a low price if the agreed to live on it and improve it for five years.
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Comstock Lodge
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1858. Gold Rush. Nevada. Discovered by Henry Comstock at a washoe vein.
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Sand Creek Massacre
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fighting between whites and indians continued to escalate. Govt urged for friendly tribes to come get protection from white militia. One Arapaho and Cheyenne band camped near fort lyon where Cl. JM Chivington led a volunteer militia to kill 133 people, 105 being women and children.
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"Indian Hunting"
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Many whites began to hunt indians, hoping to basically terminate them as a race.
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Chiricahua Apache
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Last indian tribe to hold out against the whites. They eventually settled for a reservation and surrendered
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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Dec 29, 1890, 7th Cavalry rounded up 350 cold and starving Sioux. a fight broke out where 40 whites and 200 indians died. It became a one sided massacre where the whites mowed down the indians with their new machine guns in the snow.
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Reverse Migration
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West bound settlers soon found themselves in too much debt and ended up moving back to the east. In doing so, several ghost towns were left behind.
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Commercial Agriculture
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Specialized in cash crops that were sold around the nation or world.
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Farmer's Grievances
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Mostly against the Railroad companies for charging high prices and discriminating against farmers (causing them to pay high wages)
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Hamlin Garland
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Author in the 1890s who wrote several novels about farmers and their current standings. His books started with high hopes, but eventually led to the understanding farming was on the down hill in a manufacturer's world.
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