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Textbook Defintions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cash crop | cotton |
| farmer's alliance | Texas famers began to organize and negotiate as a group for lower prices for supplies |
| civil rights act of 1875 | guaranteeing black patrons to ride trains and use public services like hotels |
| sand creek massacre | 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians |
| battle of 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 a society |
| Dawe's General Allotment Act | 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, or railroads |
| open range | vast area of grassland on which livestock roamed and grazed |
| homestead act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to cultivate it for 5 years |
| exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the south to the west after the civil war |
| fetterman massacre | Sioux lure Captain William Fetterman and his troops into ambush |
| nez perce war | rather than relocate to a reservation, nez perce's flee more than 1,000 miles but are forced to surrender just short of the Canadian border |
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