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10 Cards in this Set
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Reservation system |
The system that allocated land with designated boundaries to native americans |
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The battle of little bighorn |
A particular violent battle between whites and native Americans,also known as Custer's last stand |
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Battle of wounded knee |
A battle between the us army and the Dakota sioux |
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Dawes severalty act |
An act that broke up Indian reservation and distributed land to individual households |
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Homestead act |
An act that gave land to those who we're willing to take care of it |
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Mechanization of agriculture |
The development of engine-driven farm machines,like the combine |
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Populists |
The political party who represented Westerners and Southerners who believed us economic policy inappropriately favored eastern businessmen instead of the nations farmers |
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Pullman strike |
Strike in 1894 by railroad workers upset by drastic wage cuts. |
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Fourth party system |
A term used by scholars have used to describe Politics from 1896-1932 |
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Gold standard act |
An act that guaranteed that paper currency would be redeemed freely in gold |
