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Us History unit 2
Us History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Central pacific railroad | ran east from Cali |
| union pacific railroad | ran west from Iowa |
| standard gauge | used for tracks on continental railroads |
| bureau of Indian affairs | administered Indian policy during peace time |
| Bozeman trail | site of the fetterman massacre |
| promontory point | site of the completiton of 1st railroad track |
| homestead act | provided opportunities for settlers to buy land |
| wounded knee | last armed Indian |
| black hills | sacred site to the Sioux |
| hatch act | provided money for establishing agricultural |
| secretary of agriculture | policy as a member of president cabinet |
| smith lever act | agricultural extension services |
| andrew Carnegie | large shared of steel industry |
| chief Joseph | nez perce leader who declared "no more fight" |
| colonel John chivington | shameful massacre at sand creek |
| crazy horse | bayoneted while resisting incarceration |
| John d Rockefeller | controlled the oil industry |
| the fifty miners came to gold rush in ____ | colorado |
| standard gauge | 4 feet 8 1/2 inches |
| Great Plains was once called ____ | great American desert |
| people in ____ desired a railroad to connect with east states | Cali |
| many mining laws came from ______ | mining town regulations |
| hard rock mines were operated by mining | corporations |
| _________ indian tribes were more suspetible to the diease of whites | stationanry |
| the government ended attacks on the bozeman trail by putting the _______ on reservation | sioux |
| for each mile of track laid, railroad could recieve ______ | low intrest loans |
| _______, silver, and other minerals led to the mining boom in colorado | gold |
| the most important crop in the northern great plains became ____ | wheat |
| the killing of bison led to change in ______ of the plains | normadic character |
| asian immigration was slowed by immigration acts beginning in | 1882 |
| steel was the prefferd metal for making ___- | railroads tracks |
| iron was the preffered metal for making _____ | localmotives boilers |
| the ______ was the most involved indian tribe in the great sioux indian wqar | cheyenne |
| the ______ ruled against the united states regarding the property rights of the black hills | supreme court |
| the religious ceremony practiced by the ____ was callled the ghost dance | sioux |
| women and _____ were hired for factory work because they could be paid a lower wage than men | children |
| _________ is the situatuion that exixsts when a government exerises minimal control of buisniness | free enterprise |
| ______ is the bulding of the buisness and enterprise by private investors | capatalism |
| 3 distinct federal policies toward indians | eraction relocation assimilation |
| three nations sent large numbers of immigranst to us | england france holland |
| 3 techiques improved agricultre | pest control diese control grain productions |
| 3 important implements | sulky plow grain drill twine binder |
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