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Ch 5 Barnette
Standard Chapter 5.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Soddy | a house made of sod. It provided warmth, but no protection from pests. |
| Morrill Act | Gave federal land to the states to help finances agricultural colleges |
| Dawes Act | the law that allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans |
| Assimilation | plan that sought to abolish Native AMericans' traditional cultures |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | Slaughter of 300 unarmed Native AMericans that marked the end of the Indians wars in 1890 |
| Chisholm Trail | It allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas |
| Homestead Act | offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household |
| Oliver Hudson Kelley | Man who started an organization for farmers called "The Grange" |
| bimetallism | Policy of using gold and silver. Supporters hoped it would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people |
| William Jennings Bryan | Populist Candidate who lost the presidential election in 1896 |
| The Great Plains | grassland extending through the west-central portion of the US |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | an agreement in which the Sioux were forced to live on the reservation. |
| Sitting Bull | Famous Native American Sioux Indian |
| George Custer | Famous for "Custer's Last STand" where his entire regiment was wiped out by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull |
| Exoduster | African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas |
| Homestead Act | Offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of a household |
| Bonanza Farm | single-crop farm |
| Populism | "the movement of the people". A political party largely backed by the farmers |