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| Native Americans relied on this animal for almost every need (food, clothing, shelter, tools...) | Buffalo
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| The Lakota Sioux, Arapahos, and Cheyenne, led by Chief Crazy Horse defeat Custer at this battle. | Battle of Little Bighorn
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| This Act encouraged Native Americans to become farmers. | Dawes Act
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| In 1896, William Jennings Bryan was this party's candidate for President | Populist Party
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| Voters in the East helped this candidate defeat Bryan. | William McKinley
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| Between 1865 and 1914, these 8 western territories became 12 states. | Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico
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| Rite of passage for young Indian men to win high rank and become adults | Counting Coup
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| Native American Women's roles in the West included: | gathering & preparing food, making and setting up tepees, caring for and teaching traditions to their children, making crafts
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| Native American Men's roles in the West included: | hunting and protecting women, children, elders; passing on skills and knowledge to the boys; providing spiritual and military leadership.
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| Comstock Lode | one of the richest silver mines in the world; struck in 1859 in the Sierra Nevadas.
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| Union Pacific RR started in Omaha, Nebraska; the Central Pacific RR started in Sacramento, California. They two RRs met at | Promontory, Utah ("Promontory Point") in 1869.
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| Who said, "May God continue the unity of our Country as the Railroad unites the two great Oceans of the World." | Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific RR
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| In the 1870s, miners discovered gold here in South Dakota. | Black Hills
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| In the 1890s, thousands of miners rushed here after major gold strikes were made. | Alaska
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| Financial aid or land grant given by the U.S. Government to railroad companies to encourage the building of railroads. | Subsidy
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| The Central Pacific was built by this immigrant group while the Union Pacific was built by this immigrant group. | Chinese Irish
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| The Central Pacific was built through this mountain range | Sierra Nevada
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| The Union Pacific cut through this mountain range | The Rockies
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