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Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion Period 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fort laramie treaty | a broken promise to protect the natives |
| subsidy | grant of land to increase growth of railroads. |
| transcontinental railroad | railwary that spanned the continent |
| colonal john chivington | attacked the cheyenne natives at sand creek that started war |
| reservation | land set aside by gvt for Native Americans |
| Sitting Bull/crazy horse | Native American attackers |
| homestead act | act that provided free land for 4 years |
| colonal geogre custer | forced natives on to resivations and he and his men died at the battle of little big horn |
| dawes act | gave native american men 160 achers to farm and set up schools for the children (failure) |
| comstock lode | one of the richest silver mines ever made nevada a center for mining |
| vigilante | officers of law (miners). |
| central pacific railroad | a line eastward from sacramento |
| union pacific railroad | a line westward from sacramento |