Apush Chapter 18 Example Questions – Flashcards
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
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This treaty said the Sioux had a right to occupy the Black Hills. Later found gold, and caused a large part of the Sioux war.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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American historian who said that humanity would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move into. The frontier provided a place for homeless and solved social problems.
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Sitting Bull
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American Indian medicine man, chief, and political leader of his tribe at the time of the Custer massacre during the Sioux War
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Crazy Horse
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A chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
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George Custer
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United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn.
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Little Big Horn
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In 1876, Colonel George A. Custer and 260 of his men were killed by Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull at this battle in southern Montana.
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Chief Joseph
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Leader of Nez Perce. Fled with his tribe to Canada instead of reservations. However, US troops came and fought and brought them back down to reservations
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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An author who wrote "A Century of Dishonor" which chronicled the government's actions against the Indians. She also wrote Romona, which was a love story about Indians. Her writing helped inspire sympathy towards the Indians.
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Dawes Severalty Act
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Bill that promised Indians tracts of land to farm in order to assimilate them into white culture. The bill was resisted, uneffective, and disastrous to Indian tribes
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Ghost Dance
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Spiritual revival in 1890 by Indians that would lead to the massacre at Wounded Knee
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Wounded Knee
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In 1890, after killing Sitting Bull, the 7th Cavalry rounded up Sioux at this place in South Dakota and 300 Natives were murdered and only a baby survived.
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Indian Reorganization Act
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1934 - Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development.
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New South
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Term that identified southern promoters' belief in the technologically advanced industrial South
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Crop Lien System
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Similar to sharecropping — merchants loan food and supplies to farmers so they can farm; farmers have to pay them back with some of their crops. When harvests were bad, farmers got deeper and deeper in debt to merchants.
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