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chapter six voca
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. cashcrop | crop grown for sale |
| 2. farmers alliance | network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reform in the late 1800s |
| 3.civil rights acts of 1875 | law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transporation |
| 7. battle of the little big horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated u.s. army troops |
| 4. reservation | specific areas set aside by the government for the Indians' use |
| 5. sand creek massacre | spawned another round of warfare as plains Indians joined forces to repel white settlement |
| 6.vilgilante | self appointed law enforcer |
| 8. Dawes general allotment act | 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots |
| 9. wounded knee | 1890 confrontation between u.s. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of resistance |
| 10. assilimate | to be absorbed into the main culture a society |
| 11. transcontinental railroad | rail link between the eastern and western united states |
| 12.land grant | land designated by the federal government for building schools,roads,or railroads |
| 13.open range system | vast area of grassland on which livestock roamed and grazed |
| 14.homestead act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years |
| 15.exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the south to the south west after the civil war |
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