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46 Cards in this Set
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great sioux territory
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dakotas, Us government formed in 1860
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Indian territory (Oklahoma)
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1860, Plains and Cherokee forced here
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"Buffalo soldiers"`
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Black soldiers fighting against the Plain Indians
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sand creek massacre (1864)
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Chivington's army killed 400 indians who were promised immunity
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Fetterman Massacre (1866)
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Sioux war party attempted to block railroad building, ambushed fetterman's solder's in Wyoming
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sioux/sitting bull
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wanted to fight Custer who claimed to find gold in Sioux territory 1874
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Treaty of Fort Larmir (1868)
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guaranteed the Lakota ownership to black hills & hunting rights in Dakotas, closing Powder River Country to all whites
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custer's last stand 74'
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attacked Cheyenne and Lakota near Little Big Horn River near Montana, Custer died
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Nez Perce/ chieif joseph 77'
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Indians in Oregon fled to canada but joseph surrendered 30 miles from border
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Apache/Geronimo
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tribe of Arizonia and New Mexico, went to Mexico
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"bufflo bill" cody
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killed 4,000 buffalo, employed by Kansas Pacific railroad
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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wrote Ramona and a century of dishonor to point out broken promises of government
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Battle of wounded knee 90'
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christian reformers, ghost dance cult spread to Dakota Sioux, stamped out by Us army @ battle
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dawes Act 87'
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attempt to control/assimilate indians in Oklahoman, took land
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Carlisle indian school 79'
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in Penn. took Indian children
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Indian Reorganization Act 34'
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tried to restore tribal basis of Indian life
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Pike's Peak Gold rush 58'
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gold in Colorado
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comstock lode 59'
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silver discovered in Virginia city, Colorado, Nevada
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long drives (66-88)
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herds from Texas sent to new slaughter and packing houses in cities like Kansas city and Chicago
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sodbusters
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homes from sod
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John Wesley Powell
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explored grand canyon, became director of of Us geological survey
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Joseph F. lidden
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patented barbed wire n 74' led to ranching system
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Oklahoma sooners 89'
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settlers who illegally settled
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Frederick Jackson Tuner 93'
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American frontier was gone
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Montgomery Ward 72'
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mail order company, allowed farmers to be further from towns
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Deflation
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decrease value of currency
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National Grange 67'
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patrons of husbandry, led by Oliver h. Kelly, provided activities
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Greenback Labour party 78'
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programme to improve the lot of labor forces, inflationary appeal
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Farmers alliances
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to break grip of railroads and manufacturers through cooperative buying and selling
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People's Party, Populists 90'
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attacked wall street and money trust, wanted to nationalize railroads, wanted new income tax and federal sub-treasury
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Coin's financial school 94'
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pamphlet about free coinage silver written by William Hope Harvey
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Ignatious Donnelley and Mary lease
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populist speakers, Lease "Kansas should raise less corn and more hell"
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James B. Weaver
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ran for president for Greenback Labour Party 80' joined Populists in 92'
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Coxey's Army 94'
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Jacob Coxey went to DC to demand government relieve unemployment with public works programme, supported by issuance of money
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J.P Morgan 95'
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banker who loaned money to the government
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Pullman strike 94'
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company cut wages, but kept rent the same, strike paralyzed rail traffic
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Eugene V. Debs
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labour union leader, American railway union, socialist who ran for president
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Governer John Altgeld
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Illinois governor who pardoned the haymarket square rioters didnt want federal interference
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Attorney general Richard olney
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wanted to dispatch troops to Pullman strike because they interfered with mail delivery
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William McKinley
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congressman from Ohio, republican 96' elected and assassinated
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Mark Hanna
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campagin organizer for McKinley
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democratic candidate of 96' gave 'cross of gold' speech to promote the coinage of silver
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"cross of gold"
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plea for coinage of silver, pressed for gold standard. demanded inflation with unlimited coinage of silver
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"Gold bugs"
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left the demo. party because of silver issue
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Dingley Tariff Bill 97'
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new, high tariff rates of 46.5%
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Gold standard act 00'
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provided that paper currency be redeemed freely in gold
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