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what do plains refer to

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mid-west flat land

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What did Native Americans become (hint:moving from place to place)

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nomadic

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what were the main things that Native Americans hunted

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bison and buffalo

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how big of an impact did Native Americans have on the buffalo and bison

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they went from thousands to hundreds

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what did Native Americans do to their teepees when they left their sites

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broke it down into a trovois (sled) and buffalo dragged it

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what was the sun dance directed to

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the great spirit

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what was the sun dance meant to do

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a ceremonial dance to help hunt buffalo

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what did buffalo and bison provide Native Americans

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food, clothing, shelter, they used every part of the buffalo when they killed it

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what did farmers in search of land grow

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corn and wheat

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what was the largest silver mine in america

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comstock lode

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what were boom towns

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places where gold was found, but when mines were out of minerals these towns became ghost towns

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what did ghost towns force Native Americans to do

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forced them off their land

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what does vigilantes mean

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mob justice

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what are subsidies

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something the govt gave out to encourage development of the west(land grants)

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how are railroads formed

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tracks being laid down across the continent

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what is formed because of subsidides

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colleges

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what is the union pacific

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started from Omaha Nebraska-Irish freedmen

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what is the central pacific

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began in sacremento, california-chineese

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what is the term used to describe people who belived that the individual is self reliant ad does not need government assistance

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rugged individualism

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where did african americans move from the south

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kansas

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definition of mexicans

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spanish speaking southerners

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who did the government sell land to

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specualtors

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who are specualtors

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people who bought up large areas of land in hopes of selling it later for profit

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when was the homestead act

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1862

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what is the homestead act
160 acres of public land for $10 regristration fee
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what were the requirments for the homestead act
had to live on the land for 5 years and then you could claim the land
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what happened when we moved into oklahoma
forced native americans off land
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when could people stake claim
april 22, 1889
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who were boomers
those who charged into oklahoma to stake their claim
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who were sooners
those settlers who sneaked onto the bust land before allowed to
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what was the result of RR and land rushes
8 new states
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what were the 8 new states (n,c,sd,nd,m,w,i,w)
nevada, colorado, south dakota, north dakota, montana, washington, idaho, wyoming
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what where the houses people on plains lived in
sod houses
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what is sod
a kind of dirt that is planted
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was womens life on the plains easy or hard
very hard
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what are sod busters
people who farmed sod
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what was a typical day for a family on the plains
work all day, had many roles, did not see neighbors except on sundays
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what was an international circumstance that many people belived in
rugged individualism
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what did the railroads do to the western part of the US
made it more important
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what happened to commerce because of railroads
increased
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what happened to travel because of railroads
more affordable
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what did railroads change peoples view of
distance
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what happened to our national confidence because of railroads
grew
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what did the government finance because of railroads
capitalism
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what was a negative effect of railroads
bad for the enviornemtn
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what were cowboys
techniques from vaqueros they drove animals hundreds of miles on cattle drives tp the north
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where were the railroad lines located
north abeline kansas
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where was cattle located onto for
onto trains for eastern market
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what does open range mean
unfenced grassland
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why was there an abundance of cattle
because of free grazing throughout 1870's
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what was the time period of 1870s abundance of cattle called
cattle kingdom
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how did sheepherders cause problems
beacause they ate grass down to the roots teaving lands barren
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what did farmers do because of sheepherders
closed the open range with the intention of barbed wire
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what did bad weather do
it was cold and dry so cattle died off
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when was the fort laramie treaty establish
1851
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what was the fort laramie treaty meant to do
make the US recognize the black hills as part of the great sioux reservation
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what did white settlers do to buffalo
killed buffalo as a sport, also food for RR workers
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what happened to the population of buffalo by 1900
fell to a few hundred
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what was the chivington massacre
attack on native american women and children, slaughtered
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who was sitting bull
a lakota cheid who fought against the US government
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who fought in the sioux war
sitting bull and crazy horse
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when was the sioux war
1876
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what did the sioux fight for in the sioux war
to keep settlers off land
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what fighting was used in the sioux war
sporadic fighting
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who fought in the battle of little big horn
gen custer
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what was the battle of little big horn
attacked native americans
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what did gen custer do in the battle of little big horn
lost all trops and himself
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where did cheif joseph lead his people
torward canada
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what happened to cheif joseph and his people
took others supplies when needed but had to surrender before he makes it to canada
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who was the leader of the apache wars
geronimo
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what did native americans turn into
turned religious
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what is the ghost dance
a remebrance of the old days and living forever freeley
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what were native americans trying to do at the battle of wounded knee
trying to surrender but got slaughtered instead
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what was the last real conflict at west
wounded knee
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what does assimilate mean
to try and become a part of another culture
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what did the dawes act do
encourages native americans to become farmers
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was the dawes act sucessul
no because native americans didnt want to own land, they sold the land
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who was susette la flashe
omaha cheifs daughter whi wrote about deconstruction of life
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what was HH Jackson
a book about century of dishonor and broken treaties
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what kind of people was democracy from
greeks
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what kind of people was republic from
romans
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what is democratic republic
representative government
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what was the farmers alliance
a group of farmers which organized to deal with falling prices
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how did farmers feel torwards the railroad industry
they HATED it
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why did farmers feel this way torwards the railroad industry
because the railroads charge them high prices
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what was the national grange
when farmers organized to survive because of low cropprices
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what did farmers do to buy seeds and tools for whole sale prices
formed cooperatives
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what did farmers do for the national grange at voting poll
voiced their opinion
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what is populism
a belif in the power of regular people to outweigh the wealthy in government situations
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what did the populist party demand the government to do
deal with falling prices and railroad rates, income taxes, 8 hr workdays, and a limit to immigration, free silver
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who did the populist party elect as their nominee
william jennings bryan-nebraska democrat "great commoner
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who ran in the election of 1896
william j bryan and william mckinley
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who wins the election of 1896
william mckinley
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what party did william mckinley adapt ideas off of
populist party
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what usually happens to third parties
get incorperated into the two major parties platform

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