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Why did the policy of treating the Great Plainsas a huge reservation change
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White settlers advanced to claim land
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What was central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians
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The horse,buffalo,and extended family
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The education of Plains Indian children traditionaly included
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Games myths examples No books
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Most Native Americans responded to restrictions placed upon them by the U.S government by
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By Ignoring them
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The Plan that sought to abolish Native Americans tradition cultures
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Assimilation
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The Law that allowed white settlers to take mich of yhe land set aside for Native Americans
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The Dawes Act
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The Dawes Act was designed to benefit
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White Settlers
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The Slaughter of 300 unarmed Native Americans that marked the end of the Indian wars in 1890
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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What marked the end of the wars between the federal government and the Plains Indians
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Masscare of wounded knee
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The Mexican vanquero influenced the American cowboy in all of the following areas
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Clothing,Food,Language
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Demand for beef in the East contributed to
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Chisom Trail
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This allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping yard in Abline,Kansas
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Chisom Trail
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Most Anerican cowboys used
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Guns to protect their land
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Offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household
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The Homestead Act
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The intent of the homestead act was to
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Encourage white families to develop the west
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Who were the exodusters
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African americans who moved from the post reconstruction south to the great plains
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Why did little of the free land offered by the Homestead Act end up being claimed by settlers
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Most of it was taken by people seeking profits
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What is a soddy
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Home made out of praire thrf
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Provided warmnth but not protection from snakes and insects
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Soddy
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What did the Morril Act accomplish
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Federal land to states to help finace agricultral colleges
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Gave federal land to the states to help finace agricultural colleges
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Morrill Act
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Bonanza farm
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Massive single crop farms owned by rail road conpanies and private investors
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What intensified the debts that plains farmers had during the late 1800d
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Inflation,falling prices, tight money supply
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What was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of wide open western frontier
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Rail roads
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Started an organization for farmers that cane to be known as the Grange
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Oliver Hudson Kelly
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The Garnge did all of the following
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Supported political canidated, oppose rail roads, oppose banks
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This political party proposed an increaee in the money supply a graduated income tax and a federal loan program
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Populist Party
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Bimetalism would allow for exchange of paper currency for
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Silver or Gold
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Why did plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimentalism
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Because it would pit more money from industrialized areas
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Policy that supporters hoped would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people
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Bimetalisn
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Populist candidate who lost the presidential election of 1896
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William Jennings Bryan
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He was the winner of the 1896 presidential election
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McKinnley
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Marked the collapse of populism
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With Mckineys election victory
