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| During what time period did Western Expansion occur? |
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| Farming, Ranching, Mining |
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| What three industries led to the expansion of the West? |
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| This animal provided most of the food and many supplies for Plains Indians. |
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| What were the series of battles fought throughout the American West between the Indians and US army? |
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| What was the name of the tragic massacre in Colorado where over 200 unarmed Indians promised protection were killed? |
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| What was the name of the Battle in which General Custer and his men lost their lives? |
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| This battle officially ended the Indian Wars. |
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| What was the name of Helen Hunt Jackson’s book that chronicled the mistreatment of Indians by the US government and army? |
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| Which Act gave land to Native Americans in an attempt to make them farmers and land owners? |
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| What was the forcing of Indians to live as white Americans? |
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| What was the moving of cattle from grazing fields to stockyards called? |
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| What was the most famous trail for long drives? |
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| What was the invention that ended the open grazing fields by containing cattle? |
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| What type of mining requires digging deep below the earth’s surface? |
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| What type of mining uses picks, pans and shovels? |
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| What Act provided 160 acres of land to settlers who would develop the land? |
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