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Chapter 6.1.2.3.4
Chapter 6 Vocab
| Word | Definiation | Stuff |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Crop | Crop grown for sale. | AustinH16 |
| Farmers' Alliance | Network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economical reforms in the late 1800s. | austino11 |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation. | 11-29 |
| Reservation | Public lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government. | |
| Sand Creek Massacre | 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. | |
| Battle of the Little Big Horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. Army troops | |
| Wounded Knee | 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of the Indian resistance. | |
| Assimilate | To be absorbed into the main culture of society. | |
| Dawes General Allotment | 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots. | |
| Vigilante | Self-appointed- law enforcer. | |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Rail link between the Eastern and Western United States. | |
| Land Grant | Land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, and railroads. | |
| Open-Range System | Vast area of grassland on which livestock roamed and grazed most of their days. | |
| Homestead Act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years. | |
| Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the South and West after the Civil War. |