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What were the 5 things that were in the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty? |
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Study the 9 Indian Reservations and their locations. |
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In 1890 Lakota Sioux ignored the law to stop the Ghost Dance. When these rebellious Native Americans are attacked in December, 200 Lakota and 25 soldiers die at this tragic end to the Indian uprisings. |
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Colonel George Custer is sent to deal with the Native American's violation of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. He over-estimates his opponent and gets everyone killed at this battle. |
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Chief Black Kettle was attempting to negotiate a peace at Fort Lyon when Colonel Chivington and his men presumably began to fire upon unsuspecting men, women, and children outside the fort. |
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Red Cloud and Crazy Horse trick 80 soldiers and their leader (the guy the massacre is named for) into an ambush were they are all slaughtered. |
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Little Crow lead this uprising that ended with hundreds of settlers killed and 38 Dakota Indians sentenced to death. |
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The _________ Act gave 160 acres of land to each Native American family in an attempt to tie them to the land and make them farmers. |
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Every state in the United States including Puerto Rico has a Land Grant College. What were they set up to promote? |
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The last lands to be settled on the frontier was this "Sooner" state that had 10,000 people race to stake lands w/in hours of opening up. What was the state? |
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Along with other advances what 2 things helped farming of wheat in the Dakotas, W. Nebraska, and Kansas? Pick the 2 that helped. |
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This "Act" set up land to specifically be used for colleges, also known as land-grant colleges. |
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With little wood to build houses, what did the settlers build as homes? |
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Stephen Long described the land west of the 100th Meridian and East of the Rockies as? |
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Besides help from the railroad for settling the West, this "Act" gave settlers 160 acres of land or more for 10 dollars IF they lived on the land for 5 years. |
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When did South Dakota become a state? |
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What city became the second largest in the West due to it being a supply point for mining towns? |
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These were created when ranchers in Texas found they could make ten times the money if they could get cattle to the East markets. |
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The Homestake Mine is the deepest mine in the Western Hemisphere at 8,000 feet. Where is it located? |
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What economic idea drives ranching and mining in the West? |
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This invention ended 'range wars,' long drives, the open range, and allowed ranchers to keep cattle close to resources like food and water. |
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These are areas of government owned land that cattle could roam free and allowed for the expanse of the industry |
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Because crime was a serious problem in mining towns, these were created to seek out wrong-doers and punish them? |
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In Nevada the boom and bust town of Virginia City was centered around silver in what mine? |
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What type of mining is deep digging to get minerals under the surface? |
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What type of mining uses tools like pick axes to extract shallow deposits? |
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