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13 Cards in this Set
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Lakota Tribe(8.3/9.1) |
Indians who were authentic and closely tied to nature. |
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Dawes Act(8.3/9.1) |
"white folk" gave 160 acres to each Indian householder to accomodate for taking the rest of their land. |
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Nomads(8.3/9.1) |
People who followed their food source around. (Indians followed the buffalo) |
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Ghost Dance(8.3/9.1) |
Indian ritual in hope that settlers would leave. |
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George Custer(8.3/9.1) |
U.S. Colonel who fought the Lakota during Indian uprisings. |
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Marxism(9.2/9.4) |
Started by Carl Marx -Role of government was small -classless society(equal) -radical |
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Haymarket Riot(9.2/9.4) |
Conflict between union workers and police -In Illinois -Caused by protest on wages -Many casualties -Union workers dropped out because of violence
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Central Pacific Railroad(9.2/9.4) |
Railroad Company -Worked from West to East (transcontinental RR) -Controlled by "Big Four" (entrepreneurs) -Hired 10,000 Chinese men to help build RR
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Samuel Gompers(9.2/9.4) |
Believed that politics and unions should not be involved with one another. |
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Blacklist(9.2/9.4) |
List of people known to be troublemakers. Workers put on list by trying to start a union. People on the list had a hard time getting hired by other companies. |
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Chisholm Trail(8.1/8.2) |
Ranchers drove nearly 1.5 million cattle up this trail. Went from Texas to Abilene. |
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Comstock Lode(8.1/8.2) |
Comstock staked a claim in Six-mile Canyon, Nevada. There was pure silver ore in that area.
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