Settling The West Test

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removed large quantities of earth and processed it for minerals

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hydraulic mining

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a vast area of grassland that the federal government owned

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open range

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taking cattle lond distances to railroad for fast transport and great profit

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long drive

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self apppointed volunteers who would track down and punish wrong doers

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vigilance committee

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a huge ranch

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hacienda

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hispanics that settled in neighborhoods

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barrios

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quickly growing towns, sprung up during mining

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boomtown

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a prospector that staked a claim in six mile-canyon, near virginia city, nevada. didn't find gold

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henry comstock

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a piece of land that you could aquire for living on and cultivating (farming) it

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homestead

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a way of farming on dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is moisture

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dry farming

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name given to great plain plowers

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sodbuster

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wheat farm that covered up to 50,000 acres large + profitable

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bonanza farm

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dry grass lands Rockies to Dakotas entire middle of US

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great plains

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army major that explored great plains thought it was useless

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stephan long

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by claim to up to160 acres of land and they could keep it if they lived on the land for 5 years

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homestead act

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where wheat is grown, eastern part of the great plains

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wheat belt

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a person moving from place to place, usually searching for food

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nomad

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$ payed from the government

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annuity

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to absorb a group a group into the culture of a larger population

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assimilate

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land assigned to a person or family so they can be self sufficient

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allotment

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fighting between cheyane indians and US troops; highly unclear incident

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sand creek massacre

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lieutenant kernal fought army, fought at little big horn, him and all troops died

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george a custer

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leader of Nez Perci people, refused to be moved to a smaller reservation

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chief joseph

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each head of household was given 160 acres of reservation land, 80 to single adults, 60 alotted to children

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dawes act

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fighting between Cheyenne indians and US troops; highly unclear incident

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sand creek massacre

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made because of tensions between natives and settlers, made 2 large reservations for the Sioux and southern plains indians, they were run by the US government

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indian peace commission

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lieutenant kernal fought army at little big horn; him and all troops died

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gearge a custer

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between Custer and Indians, Custer is outnumbered and defeated

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battle of little bighorn

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chief sitting bull's people refused to surrender to troops, about 25 US troops were killed and 200 Lakotas died

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massacre at wounded knee

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Lakota commander killed during a protist

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sitting bull

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lakota commander that protested against the federal government

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crazy horse

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why was there distrust between the US government and native americans?

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after they killed Custer and all his troops, the distrust grew stronger

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why did native americans and settlers come into contact?

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when settlers arrived they took land from natives

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by what means were native american cultures destroyed in the late 1800s?

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americans were pushing them to change their culture and act like americans

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self apppinted volunteers who would track down and punish wrong doers

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vigilance committee

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what were the positives and negatives with boomtowns?

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positives- economic growth, population growth, places got more business

negatives- towns didn't last long, rowdy places, people stole from each other

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what are the 3 types of mining?

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hydraulic, placer, and sluice

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what invention made the long drive no longer feasible?

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barbed wire

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what type of cattle was used on the open range? why was that so?

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longhorns were used because they have lean, rangy bodies, long legs and sharo horns- they were used to the conditions

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what issues led the the decline of the cattle boom on the Great Plains?

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people disliking barbed wire, the blizzard of 1866, people giving too much to the cattle ($ drops)

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what was the tension between hispanics and the new settlers coming to their area?

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they didnt trust new settlers, they were forced to have lower paying jobs and lost land because of settlers

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who tried to stop new settlers from coming to the area? and what did they do?

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las gorras blancas- they would raid ranches, tear down fences, and burn houses + ranches

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what made life on the great plains so difficult?

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it was really hot (100°) - prairie fires, blizzards/ extreme cold

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how was the farming of wheat improved?

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steal machines were used (reaper/binder)

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once settlers got out west, what were they able to do to make it home?

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they had water from wells, so they planted trees + watered gardens. they brought brick, lumber and coal on rails, and manufactured goods from the east