Chapter 17 APUSH Study Guide – Flashcards
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what two animals did the plains depend on
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horses buffalo
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what kind of lifestyle did the plains have
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no farming, they were nomadic and hunted buffalo
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what weapons did the plains use
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short 3 feet or less wooden bows
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what type of groups did the plains live in
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had large tribes, but lived in smaller bands
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how were the plains's bands governed
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by a chief and council of elder men
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what two main resources did the plains lack in
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rain lumber
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did the plains fight lots of wars and covet land
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no
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how did the plains divide work
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by gender
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how did the plains commnicate
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sign langauge
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what did the homestead act do
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gave 160 acres of land to anyone who paid $10 and promised to live and plant on it for 5 years
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what effect did the homestead act have
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encouraged western migration with 600,000 families getting land from it
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why didn't the homestead act work as effectively as hoped
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not many could afford it
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what was the comstock lode
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an ore deposit that was one of the richest ever
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where was the comstock lode
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virginia city, nevada
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who claimed part of the comstock lode
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tp comstock
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how much was the gold and silver from the comstock lode worth
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$306 million
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what was the trail drive
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way to ship cattle to railheads in kansas
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who started the trial drive
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joseph mcCoy
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what was the most famous of the trail drives?
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chisholm trail from texas to kansas
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what was the main industry of the far west
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new mexico's was the contests over land grants
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of these states, which had the smallest mexican-american poopulation
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utah
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what was the goal of the dawes act
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break up Indian life by promoting individual land ownership
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what did the dawes act do
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divided land into plots that were then given to the tribe members
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what did the dawes act lead to
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corruption, exploition, wearing of culture
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where did the extra land under the dawes act go
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sold to whites and the $ went to indians schools
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why did the government hold land under the dawes act
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so speculators couldn't take
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what was given to the indians under the dawes act who lived apart from the tribe and became civilized
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citizenship
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what were part of the US army and were black cavalry men on the western frontier
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buffalo soldiers
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how did the buffalo soldiers end warfare in the Southwest
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defeated the kiowa and comanche in the Red River War
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what was the indian policy like in the 1870s and 80s?
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wanted to bring Indians into white culture through education, land, and law Congress wanted to break down tried eventually put them on reservations
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what was the national reclamation act called
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newlands act
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what did the national reclamation act say
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set aside most of the $ from sale of public lands in 16 western states to fun irrigation
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what was a boom-bust economy
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inflates and rises by goes into depression
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what did a boom-bust economy cause
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uneven growth and wasted resources
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what were the three main industries in a boom bust economy
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famring cattle mining
