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| Sarah winnemlucca did what? |
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| Called attention to the problems oAmericanism Indians |
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| Us army killed 300 Sioux at wounded knee creek in south Dakota it ended the us American Indian wars in the great plains |
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| Who led a army of about 600 us army soldiers and attacked little big horn? |
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| What granted more then 17 million acres of federal land |
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| Large scale farm owned by large company runs like a factory |
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| Public land used by cattle ranchers |
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| One of the worlds richest silver mines |
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| Sinking deep mine shafts to get ore out of rocks |
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| Negotiated the purchase of Alaska |
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| What did American Indians discover about the reservation system and the promises made by the government |
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| The us government often failed to follow the treaties and promised supplies never arrived |
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| Why did many plains Indians refuse to live on reservations |
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| Government would force them too become farmers and abandon there traditional lives |
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| Why did the sand creek massacre occur |
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| How did the us government attempt to assimilate American Indians |
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| Made them go to boarding schools made them farm learn about Christianity |
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| From which state was land taken in 1889 from the creek and Seminole to give to non Indian homesteaders |
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| What were the benefits of living in a sod house |
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| Thick walls isulations keep heat out during summer time keeps Bugs out |
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| How did cowboys spend there time in two once e cattle boom ended |
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| Why did the cattle boom end |
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| What was live like in mining camps |
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| Difficult little pay long hours intolerant |
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| How did technology change mining |
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| It made it more dangerous |
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| Why did government create Americans reservations |
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| So Indians could settle down and farm |
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| Wht was the purpose of the pacific railway act |
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| To get telegraph lines to build s raile line from coast to coast |
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| What hardships did farmers face on the great plains |
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| Severe weather fingers strong winds prairie fires |
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| What technological advances helped western farming develop |
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| No room for farming economic depression gold rush religion freedom and privacy |
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| Where did the union pacific and central pacific railroads join together |
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| Beliefs of the ghost dancers |
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| Dead native Indians would rise the white would disappear and ways of life would be restored |
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| How did the daws general allotment act create more hardship for Indians |
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| Caused them Indians to loose lots of acres of there original territory |
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| What granted acres of land to anyone who would live on the land and from on it for 5 years |
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