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25 Cards in this Set
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Leonard Wood |
along with Roosevelt, leader of the Rough Riders |
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Open Door Policy |
opened trade with China |
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yellow journalism |
sensational press used to get public in favor of war with Spain |
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Alaska |
largest territory acquisition bough from Russia |
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wounded knee |
scene of a massacre of 150 indians by US army |
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Homestead Act |
provided 160 acres for settlers who improve it and lived on it for 5 years |
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Dry Farming |
type of agriculture practiced on the Great Plains
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Sod |
building materials on the treeless great plains
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Joseph Pulitzer |
editor of the New York World |
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Battle of Santiago Bay |
Naval battle in Cuba |
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Boxer Rebellion |
Chinese attacks on all the foreigners in China
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Battle of Manilla Bay |
Naval battles in the Philipines
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Omaha |
City where the Union Pacific Railroad began
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Longhorn |
Type of cattle chosen for cattle drive |
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Sitting Bull |
Indian warrior who was victorious at the Battle of Little Bighorn`
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Maximillian I |
French emperor of Mexico
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Commerce Raiders |
Confederate ships built in England
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Colonel George Custer |
Cavalry officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn |
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Bison |
Type of animal key to Indian Survivor
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Sacramento |
City where Central Pacific Railroad began
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Dawes Act |
Act that provided lands for Indians but broke up Tribes
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Midway |
Along with Haiwaii island, became a vital naval base in the Pacific durin World War II |
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Indian Reorginization Act |
Established Indian reservations with limited self government
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William Hearst |
Editor of the New York Journal
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Treaty of Kanagawa |
Treaty that opened trade with japan |
