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Chapter 6 Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Cash Crop | A single crop grown for sale |
| 2. Farmers Alliance | Network of farmers' organizations that worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s |
| 3. Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Law that banned discrimination in public facilities and transportation. |
| 4. Reservation | Public lands where Native Americans were forced to live by the federal government. |
| 5. Sand Creek Massacre | 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. |
| 6. Battle of the Little Big Horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S army troops. |
| 7. Wounded Knee | 1890 confrontation between U.S Cavalry and Sioux that makred the end of Indian resistance. |
| 8. Assimilate | To be absorbed into the main culture of a society. |
| 9. Dawes General Allotment Act | 1887 law that divided reservation land into private family plots. |
| 10. Vigilante | Self-appointed law enforcer. |
| 11. Transcontinental Railroads | Rail link between the Eastern and the Western United States. |
| 12. Land Grant | Land designated by the Ferderal Government for building schools, roads, or railroads. |
| 13. Open Range | Vast area of grassland on which livestock roamed and grazed. |
| 14. Homestead Act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years. |
| 15. Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the South to the West after the Civil War. |