CH 13 US History – Flashcards
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Black Kettle
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leader of the Cheyenne who were massacred at Sand Creek
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John Chivington
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commander who attacked the Cheyenne at Sand Creek
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Sitting Bull
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Lakota Sioux chief killed at Wounded Knee
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Crazy Horse
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Lakota Sioux religious leader and war chief who lured an army detachment into an ambush in Wyoming
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George Custer
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commander who battled the Lakota Sioux at Little Bighorn
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Chief Joseph
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Nez Perce chief who surrendered after losing much of his band in a series of battles
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range wars
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occurred when farmers blocked cattle trails
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living there for 5 years
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Under the Homestead Act, how could homesteaders gain title to the land?
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selling land and building a trust of money for them
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The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by doing what?
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forty-niners
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people who rushed to California to find gold
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Chivington Massacre
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an attack on 450 sleeping Indians
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slaughter of the Buffalo
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the greatest factor in the defeat of the Plains Indians
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Battle of Little Bighorn
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Custer's Last Stand
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Buffalo Bill
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William Cody
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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a battle in which 200 Sioux and 35 soldiers were killed
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Ramona/ A Century of Dishonor
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2 novels by Helen Hunt Jackson
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Dawes Act
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an act that abolished Indian tribes
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George Custer
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famous leader of the Seventh Cavalry
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Homestead Act
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an act that gave land to anyone who would live on it for 5 years
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Joseph Glidden
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the inventor of barbed wire
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gold
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the discovery of this precious metal led to the banishment of Indians from the Black Hills
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Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
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2 Indian chiefs who led their people to victory over Custer's soldiers
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Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
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Sitting Bull spent 9 years working with this traveling show
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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this battle took place on December 29, 1890
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A Century of Dishonor
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Helen Hunt Jackson wrote this novel to bring public attention to the mistreatment of Indians
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Dawes Act
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this congressional act was an attempt to Americanize Indians
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Sand Creek Reserve
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In the Colorado Territory, miners had forced the Cheyenne where?
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John Evans
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Colorado governor who told Indians that if they didn't want to fight, they should report to Fort Lyon for safety
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Chivington
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head of the Colorado milita, attacked the Indians at Fort Lyon, killing 450
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slaughter of the buffalo
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destroyed the basis for Plains Indians' way of life
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stampedes, thunderstorms, dangerous river crossings, and droughts
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What did the cowboys endure on their trip north?
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Well's Fargo
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the only stagecoach company still open today
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St. Joseph
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Where did the Pony Express Route begin?
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Homestead Act
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150 acres of free land to the head of a household; must live on the land and build a permanent structure for 5 years
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Morril Land Grant
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when public land was sold in a state, money was set aside to build Land Grant Colleges (A&M) teaching agriculture, farming skills, and animal husbandry
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Santa Fe Trail
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trade route to Mexico
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Oregon Trail
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main route west; goal was to reach Williamette Valley, Oregon
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Brigham Young
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leader of Mormon trail
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10 days
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How long did the Pony Express Route take?
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dime novels
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comic book style pamphlets about the West
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Ned Buntline
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author of Dime Novels
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Buffalo Bill Cody
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pony express rider, buffalo hunter to feed Union Pacific workers
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Annie Oakley
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female sharp shooter
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Billy the Kid
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worked for a rancher named Tunstall who was shot; he turns into a gangster to get revenge
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Wild Bill Hickock
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Deadwood, SD-- originally a lawman from Kansas, drank too much and accidentally killed his best friend; moved to SD to become a gambler; he was shot by Jack McCall; "Dead Man's Hand" (Aces and 8's)
