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| Leader of the Nez Perce tribe who resisted the government’s attempts to relocate his tribe to a reservation |
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1887 law which divided Indian lands among families and granted US citizenship to those who gave up
tribal ties and acted more “American” |
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| Western farmers who worked together to improve their lives and control railroad prices |
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| 1862 act which gave 160 acres to any settler who farmed the land for 5 years |
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| Agreements between tribes and the U.S. gov’t that were usually ignored when gold was found! |
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| Site of the 1876 battle between Sioux & Cheyenne warriors and the U.S. army led by General George Custer |
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| Land where Native Americans were forced to live by the government |
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| A plow which could cut through prairie soil, or sod |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| The first railroad which connected the East Coast with the West Coast |
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| 1800's belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent |
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| Term for the farmers living on the Great Plains in the 1800s |
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Moving cattle to railroad lines
(West > East) |
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| 300 Native Americans (Sioux/Lakota) were killed by the army here after fleeing the reservations as a result of Sitting Bull's death |
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| Entire way of life developed by a people |
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