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summer work vocab
vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bureau of indian affairs | a federal government agency meant to give aid to native americans, it had many flaws |
| treaty of medicine lodge | a series of 3 treaties that were signed between the great american plains and the us government. the natives would receive supplies and in return they would stop fighting the government |
| sitting bull | a sioux warrior political leader who fought against custer at the battle of little bighorn |
| crazy horse | respected native american leader and warrior of the oglala lakota tribe. had a significant role in the sioux resistance against the encroachment of white settlers |
| george custer | us army officer and cavalry commander who participated in the civil war. colonel for the us forces in the indian wars. killed by crazy horse |
| chief joseph | leader of the nez perce tribes during their resistance against forced relocation. would lead his followers to attack north into canada after facing issues with white settlers in oregon but will be defeated in 1877 |
| wounded knee | marked the end of the indian wars. takes place in pine ridge indian reservation in south dakota where us soliders killed three hundred unarmed lakota people |
| little big horn | custer leads a surprise attack against the sioux tribes, cheyenne, and araphao. crazy horse will then lead a surprise attack against custer and will defeat him |
| helen hunt jackson | american author and activist who wrote a century of dishonor a book that describes the injustices native americans faced |
| frederick turner | developed the frontier hypothesis. idea that stressed the importance of the western frontier. states that the frontier would break down social and class districts |
| frontier hypothesis | stated that the existence of the frontier played a crucial role in shaping american democracy, individualism, and national character |
| dawes general allotment act | aimed to assimilate native americans into society by dividing land to individual tribe members and selling surplus land to white settlers |
| the long walk | refers to the forced removal of the navajo people from their homeland in 1800s to new mexico |
| great american desert | the arid region west of the mississippi river before it was settled in |
| dry farming | technique that involves conserving soil moisture and adapting to limited water resources in arid regions |
| sod houses | homes built by early settlers on the great plains. constructed from grass blocks |
| barbed wire | allowed to settlers to fence off and claim land on the plains |
| long drives | rancher's way of transporting cattle into cities |
| seaward's folly | the purchase of alaska from russia by secertary of state wiliam seaward |
| comstock lode | deposit of silver ore in nevada in 1850s |
| klondlike gold rush | large movement of people because gold was discovered in the klondlike region of yukon territory in canada and the klondlike river in alaska |
| thomas nast | political cartoonist known for his influential cartoons in publications |
| political machines | organization that is led by a single figurehead or small autocratic group that holds absolute political power or administrative control over a certain territory, city, county, or state |
| boss tweed | leader of tammany hall and was involved in political corruption and graft |
| graft | immoral use of a politician's authority for their own personal gain |
| tammany hall | political organization and machine in nyc's democratic party created in 1786 |
| roscoe conkling | he was the leader of the stalwarts faction in the republican party. |
| james blaine | politician who served as a us senator and secretary of state. he was also a two-time republican presidential nominee represented maine in hor |
| stalwarts | fraction within the republican party that supported the spoils system and opposed civil service reform |
| half breeds | fraction within the republican party that opposed the spoils system and supported civil service reform |
| mugwumps | republican party that reformers who supported civil service reform and opposed political corruption |
| farm alliance | economic movements by american farmers |
| populist party | represented the interests of farmers and workers |
| bimetallism | a country uses both gold and silver as the basis for its currency |
| referendum | citizens can vote directly on a proposed law |
| recall | allows voters to remove an elected official from official from office before their term has come to an end |
| gold standard | gold is a country's currency |
| sherman silver purchase act | a law requiring the government to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver per month |
| pendleton civil service act | a law requiring government employees to be picked based on their performance and merit |
| bland-allison act | distribution of silver coins each month |
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