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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Chapter 6 Vocabulary - 17 Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cash crop | crop grown for sale |
| Farmers' Alliance | network of farmers' organizations the worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | law that banned discrimination in public 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 | One of the leaders of the Sioux |
| Battle of the Little Big Horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. Army troops |
| Chief Joseph | leader who led a group of refugees on a trek of more than 1,300 miles to Canada |
| Wounded Knee | 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of 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 plots |
| vigilante | self-appointed law enforcer |
| transcontinental railroad | rail linked between the eastern and the western United States |
| land grant | land designated by the federal government for building schools, roads, or railroads |
| open range system | vast area of grassland on which live-stock roamed and grazed |
| Homestead Act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years |
| Exodusters | Africans Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War |