Changes In The West

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Great Plains

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grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States

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Treaty of Fort Laramie

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government would close the Bozeman Trail and in return the Sioux would live on reservations along the Missouri River

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Sitting Bull

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only Sioux chief who wouldn't sign treaties with the whites, one of the leaders at the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Battle of Little Big Horn

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battle between natives and 7th Calvary, also called Custer's Last Stand

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George Armstrong Custer

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leader of the 7th Calvary

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assimilation

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Natives were to give up beliefs and way of life and adopt white culture

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Dawes Act

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divided reservations into private family plots

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Wounded Knee

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200 Sioux were killed here after their surrender

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Longhorns

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sturdy, short tempered breed of cattle accustomed to dry grasslands

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Chisholm Trail

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major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas

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long drive

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moving cattle from ranges to cow towns

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William Cody

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started Wild West shows, also called Buffalo Bill

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Homestead Act

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Land act that allowed settlers to buy 160 acres for ten dollars, but had to meet requirements

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exodusters

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migrated western lands to escape the violence in the South

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soddy

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a sod home made of blocks of prairie grass, warm in the winter and cool in the summer

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Morill Land Grant Act

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distributed millions of acres of land to states to sell and use money to establish land grant colleges

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Bonanza farms

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large corporate farms

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Oliver Hudson Kelly

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founder of the Patrons of Husbandry

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The Grange

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farmers organization which formed Coops

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Farmer's Alliances

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organizations that sympathized with the farmers

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Populism

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a movement formed to hear people's voice, mostly farmers and laborers

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bimetallism

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currency standard using gold and silver to back paper currency

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gold standard

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backing paper currency with gold

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William McKinley

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Republican presidential candidate in 1896, firm commitment to the gold standard

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William Jennings Bryan

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Democratic candidate for presidency in 1896, firm commitment to free soil