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ch. 6 vo.
chapter 6 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cash Crop | a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market |
| Farmers' Alliance | economic movement in 1880s that sought political and economic reforms |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | law that banned public discrimination at facilities and transportation |
| Reservation | public lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government |
| Sand Creek Massacre | 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians |
| Sitting Bull | a chief of the Sioux |
| Battle of the Little Big Horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S Army troops |
| Chief Joseph | leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904) |
| Wounded Knee | 1890 confrontation between Sioux and US cavalry that ended Indian resistance |
| Assimilate | to be absorbed into the main culture of a society |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family lots |
| vigilante | self appointed law enforcer |
| transcontinental railroad | rail link between western and eastern US |
| land grant | land designated by the federal go government for building schools roads or railroads |
| open range system | ranchers branded their cattle so they knew it was theirs therefore not having land fenced in |
| Homestead Act | 1962 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 west after the civil war |