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14 Cards in this Set
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Chief Joseph
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led the Nez Perce in flight from US Army
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Exodusters
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migrated to western lands to escape racial violence faced in South
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boomers
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raced across Indian Territory to stake land claims
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Chief Sitting Bull
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led Sioux in battle after federal gov't allowed minors on Sioux reservation
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land speculators
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bought up large areas of land to sell it for larger profit
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the Grange
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Oliver H. Kelley founded to help farmers form cooperatives
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William Jennings Bryan
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ran as Democratic & Populist party nominee in presidential election 1896
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George Armstrong Custer
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led the US cavalry at Battle Of Little Bighorn
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long drive
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cowboys herded cattle from distant ranges to railroad centers
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Battle Of Little Bighorn
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Custer's cavalry was wiped out
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Morrill Land-Grant Act
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distributed millions of acres of western lands to state govt's
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Homestead Act
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American citizens/immigrants who applied 2 be citizens could aquire land directly from gov't
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sooner
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staked land claims in Indian Territory before legal starting time of noon 1889
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"Buffalo Bill"
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popular for his Wild West shows
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