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Andrew history test
Yea nikola this is mine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frontier | An undeveloped area |
| Comstock lode | A huge deposit of gold and silver in nevada that began being called the ______ |
| Boomtown | A community that suddenly opened when a mine opened |
| Cattle Kingdom | A boom of cattle from texas to canada |
| cattle drive | a long dangerous journey on which cowboys herded cattle |
| Chisholm trail | Ran from san antonio texas yo the cattle town of abilene kansas |
| Pony express | a system of men on horseback that began to carry messages west. |
| Transcontinental railroad | a railroad that would cross the continent and connect it from east to west. |
| Treaty of fort laramie | the first (major) treaty between the plain indians and the goverment |
| Reservations | Areas of federal land set aside for indians |
| Treaty of medecine lodge | most southern plains indians agreed to live on reservations |
| Crazy horse | An indian who fought in little big horn |
| Buffalo soldiers | Troops mostly including african americans |
| George armstrong custer | found gold in the black hills of dakota and was killed in little big horn |
| Sitting bull | a leader of the lakota sioux |
| Battle of little big horn | Sioux forces led by crazy horse and sitting bull surrounding and defeating custer and his men |
| Massacre at wounded knee | us army shot and killed about 150 sioux at ______________ was the last major incident on the great plains |
| Long Walk | On this 300-mile march navajo indians were forced to walk across the desert to a reservation bosque redondo new mexico |
| Ghost dance | a paiute indian named wovoka mad e a religious movement that predicted paradise for indians |
| Dawes general alottment act | tried to lessen traditional influences on the indian society by making the land private instead of shared |
| sarah winnemucca | called for reform |
| Homestead act | gave goverment owned land to small farmers |
| morril act | granted over 17 m acres from the goverment to the states |
| Exodusters | southerners(mostly African Americans) that made a mass exodus from the south |
| sodbusters | People who broke up sod |
| Dry farming | a method of farming that didnt focus on water |
| Annie bidwell | found chico california and supported womens suffrage |
| national grange | a social and educational organization |
| Deflation | a decrease in money supply and overall prices |
| william bryan | supported free silver coinage |
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