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The West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| U.S. policy toward Native Americans | FIRST: conquest and relocation to reservations SECOND: assimilation (teach them to be like US citizens |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | the Plains Indians led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse DEFEATED Custer to try to keep the Black Hills |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | Biggest Indian victory |
| Ghost Dance | a dance that was supposed to return Native Americans to the GOOD OLD DAYS before whites |
| Ghost Dance | Let to the Battle of Wounded Knee |
| Homestead Act | gave settlers 160 free acres |
| Dawes Act | tried to ASSIMILATE the reservation Indians to adopt White culture |
| cattle ranching | TEXAS was the "Cattle Kingdom" |
| cattle ranching | cowboys learned from Mexican vaqueros and the BOOM ended when barbed wire closed the open range; blizzards and overproduction closed the open range |
| exodusters | BLACKS who moved west pulled by free land and better treatment |
| mining towns | when gold and silver were discovered in the West; boomed then busted once the gold and silver ran out |
| ghost towns | busted once the gold and silver ran out |
| transcontinental railroad | linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific connected the East and West Railways |
| Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways meet here | Promontory, Utah |
| cooperatives | FARMERS pooled resources to purchase new machinery and supplies as well as to sell their produce without paying other distributors = became politically influential |
| Populist Party | third party created by FARMERS and CITY WORKERS to bring reforms like BIMETALLISM (cheap money) which would pump money into the economy |
| "Cross of Gold" speech = given by William Jennings Bryan | "you shall not press upon the brow this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold |
| Cross of Gold speech | given by William Jennings Bryan to support the FARMERS and CITY WORKERS who wanted "cheaper money" through the coining of silver as well as gold (Bimetallism) |
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