Westward Expansion

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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