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23 Cards in this Set
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The growth of the Mining Industry increased the populations of what states enough to apply for statehood? |
Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, the Dakotas, Montana |
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Where was gold first found? |
San Francisco in 1848 (March 15) |
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What breed of cattle was adapted to the harsh climate of the Great Plains? |
longhorn |
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Long cattle drives ended for what reasons? |
supply/demand, barbed wire |
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Who affected the cattle boom of the 1870s and 1880s by developing tools and techniques for managing cattle? |
Vaqueros |
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Hispanics settled in neighborhoods called? |
barrios |
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Who invented the polished steel plow? |
John Deere |
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Name three modern farming inventions. |
mechanical reaper, seed drill, threshing machine |
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What is the geography of the Great Plains? |
dry, arid, grassland |
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Where is the Great Plains in relation to the rest of the United States? |
South of the Dakotas, North of Oklahoma and Texas, West of independent Missouri, and East of the Rockies |
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What law established a process for people to claim federal lands in the West? |
Homestead Act of 1862 |
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What did the Great Plains eventually become known as? |
wheat belt |
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To receive the title of the land, what must a settler do? |
live on the land for five years and build a home there |
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The Homestead Act of 1862 was finally passed and signed by President Abraham Lincoln after what event? |
the secession of the South |
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What are four of the Great Plains Indian tribes? |
Comanche, Sioux, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Crow |
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What animal was vital to the Great Plains Indians? |
buffalo |
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Who was the chief of the Chiricahua Apache Indians, who had fought white encroachment in the Southwest for almost 15 years? |
Geronimo |
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Who was the chief that argued, "We must stand together or they will kill us separately"? |
Sitting Bull |
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What American general was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn? |
General Custer |
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Why did the Indians dance the Ghost Dance? |
they were trying to ward off the demons that were the white men by summoning their savior (Wovoka led this movement) |
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What was the last significant battle of the Indian Wars? |
The Battle of Wounded Knee |
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What two things did the Dawes act accomplish? |
split up reservations and changed the status of the Native Americans from tribe members to individuals (they had to follow American law); they were forced to assimilate |
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What was the real purpose of the Dawes Act? |
to encourage the integration of Native Americans into American society |
