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Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cash Crop | Sold for money, not use. |
| Farmers' Alliance | Local organizations linked together. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Guaranteed black patrons the right to ride trains and use public facilities. |
| Reservation | Specific areas set aside by the government for the Native Indians. |
| Sand Creek Massacre | U.S. Army opened fire on the Indians even though they tried showing peace. |
| Sitting Bull | American Indian warrior, leader of the Hunkpapa Indians. |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | Battle led by Crazy Horse killing Custer and all of his men. |
| Chief Joseph | Leader of the Nez Percés, led a group of refugees to Canada. |
| Wounded Knee | Place where the Ghost Dance War ended. |
| Assimilate | Adopt to the culture and civilization of an other. |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | Replaced the reservation system with an allotment system. |
| Vigilante | Law enforcers that punished law breakers. |
| Transcontinental Railroad | A rail link between the East and the West. |
| Land Grant | Giving builders wide stretches of land. |
| Open Range System | Property was not fenced in. |
| Homestead Act | Government offered farm plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for 5 years, dig a well, and build a road. |
| Exodusters | A group of African Americans. |