Vocabulary from Unit 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| Great Plains | area/region of the United States from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains
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| Homestead Act | 1862; provided 160 acres of free frontier land to settlers who would build a home and farm the land for 5 years.
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| Transcontinental Railroad | railroad that spanned the United States; begun in 1863; completed in 1869
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| barbed wire | wire fencing with short, sharp wires wrapped around in intervals; helped farmers protect crops on the Great Plains
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| steel plow | invention that helped farmers till the tough prairie soil & dig deep enough for dry farming
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| dry farming | the process of planting seeds deeper in the soil where they will get more water.
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| sod houses | homes built of chunks of hard, tough grass roots/soil cut from the prairie
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| assimilation | the act of adapting to a new culture (language, clothing, traditions, lifestyle etc.)
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| reservation | land set aside by the U.S. government for Native American tribes
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| frontier | parts of the West that were unsettled by white settlers; home of Native Americans
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| Sand Creek Massacre | 1864; Colorado militia attack and kill 200 peaceful Cheyenne
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| Battle of Little Bighorn | 1876; Sioux & Cheyenne (led by Crazy Horse & Sitting Bull) killed an entire force of US Army led by Colonel George Custer
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| Dawes Act | 1887; distributed reservation land to individual Native Americans in an attempt to help them become farmers
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| Wounded Knee Massacre | 1890; US soldiers killed 300 unarmed Sioux in South Dakota
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| hub | the center of a wheel; also describes the place where many routes converge (railroad hub, airline hub, etc.)
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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