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Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cash crop | crop grown for sale. |
| Farmers Alliance | local organization linked together such as farmers from the south and the west joining together. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation. |
| reservations | specific area set aside by the government for the Indians use. |
| 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 Indians resistance. |
| assilmilate | to be observed in a main culture of a society. |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | replaced the reservation system with an allotment system in 1887 |
| vigilante | self-appointed law enforcers punished law breakers. |
| transcontinental railroad | a rail linked to the east and the west. |
| land grant | giving builders wide stretches of land. |
| open range system | vast area of grasslands where livestock roam and graze. |
| Homestead Act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for 5 years. |
| Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the south to the west after the Civil War. |