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16 Cards in this Set
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Speculators
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Bought up large areas of land with the intention of selling it for profit at a large date.
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George Armstrong Custer
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Led the U.S. regiment wiped out by the Sioux.
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Exodusters
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Planned a mass migration to Kansas in order to escape violence and discrimination in the South.
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Chief Sitting Bull
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Led Sioux in their fight to keep their reservation.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Ran as the Democratic Party nominee in the presidential election of 1896.
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Chief Joseph
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Led the Nez Perce in their flight from the U.S. Army.
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Squatters
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Moved onto land that did not belong to them.
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Populists
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Pushed reforms to benefit western and southern farmers.
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Grange
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Oliver H. Kelley founded the______to help farmers form cooperatives.
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Morril Land-Grant Act
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The______granted western lands to state governments as a way to fund agricultural colleges.
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Bananza Farms
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Large businesses owned_____which were managed by professionals.
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Long Drive
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During the_______,cowboys herded cattle from distant ranges to railroad centers.
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Squatters
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Settlers who moved onto land not belonging to them were called_____.
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Homestead Act
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American citizens and immigrants who planned to become citizens could acquire land directly through the 1862_______.
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Speculators
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Land_______brought up large areas of land in the hope of selling them later for large profits.
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Sooners
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Homesteaders, called______,staked land claims in Indian Territory before noon on April 22, 1889.
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