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| Unsetteld area largely occupied by Native Amerians. |
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| Area from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains that was once thought to be empty. |
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| Town with sudden burst of growth, either economic or population. |
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| Cattle drives to cow towns along the railway. |
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| Cowhands who came from Mexico that settled in the Southwest. |
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| People who enforced the law. |
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| An incident where over 150 Cheyenne people were killed in Colorado by Americans. |
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| Lieutenant Colonel who commanded people to return the Sioux to the reservations. |
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| Battle of the Little Bighorn |
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| When Custer and his man were wiped out by thousands of Native Americans on June 25th. |
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| An act that strongly encouraged Native Americas to give up their old ways; become farmers. |
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| A piece of land and the house on it. |
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| Spanish-speaking southwesterners. |
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| William "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
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| A buffalo hunter who showed many people around the world about the West. |
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| African Americas who served in the U.S. Army in the west. |
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| Law passed in 1862 that offerred 160 acres of land free to peole who agree to improve the land for 5 years. |
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| African Americas in the South. |
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| Farmers who build homes from sod (soil and grass) that lived in the plains. |
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| An organization formed by farmers in 1867 who meeted the social needs of farm families. |
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| organizations owned and ran by their members. Grange members formed cooperatives. |
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| A group of several farm groups that wanted political power in 1890. |
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| Under this, the government backs every dollar with a certain amount of gold. Inflation is less likely. |
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| One who supported free silver. The Populists supported him. |
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