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Central pacific railroad   ran east from Cali  
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union pacific railroad   ran west from Iowa  
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standard gauge   used for tracks on continental railroads  
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bureau of Indian affairs   administered Indian policy during peace time  
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Bozeman trail   site of the fetterman massacre  
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promontory point   site of the completiton of 1st railroad track  
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homestead act   provided opportunities for settlers to buy land  
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wounded knee   last armed Indian  
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black hills   sacred site to the Sioux  
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hatch act   provided money for establishing agricultural  
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secretary of agriculture   policy as a member of president cabinet  
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smith lever act   agricultural extension services  
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andrew Carnegie   large shared of steel industry  
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chief Joseph   nez perce leader who declared "no more fight"  
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colonel John chivington   shameful massacre at sand creek  
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crazy horse   bayoneted while resisting incarceration  
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John d Rockefeller   controlled the oil industry  
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the fifty miners came to gold rush in ____   colorado  
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standard gauge   4 feet 8 1/2 inches  
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Great Plains was once called ____   great American desert  
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people in ____ desired a railroad to connect with east states   Cali  
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many mining laws came from ______   mining town regulations  
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hard rock mines were operated by mining   corporations  
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_________ indian tribes were more suspetible to the diease of whites   stationanry  
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the government ended attacks on the bozeman trail by putting the _______ on reservation   sioux  
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for each mile of track laid, railroad could recieve ______   low intrest loans  
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_______, silver, and other minerals led to the mining boom in colorado   gold  
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the most important crop in the northern great plains became ____   wheat  
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the killing of bison led to change in ______ of the plains   normadic character  
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asian immigration was slowed by immigration acts beginning in   1882  
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steel was the prefferd metal for making ___-   railroads tracks  
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iron was the preffered metal for making _____   localmotives boilers  
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the ______ was the most involved indian tribe in the great sioux indian wqar   cheyenne  
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the ______ ruled against the united states regarding the property rights of the black hills   supreme court  
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the religious ceremony practiced by the ____ was callled the ghost dance   sioux  
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women and _____ were hired for factory work because they could be paid a lower wage than men   children  
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_________ is the situatuion that exixsts when a government exerises minimal control of buisniness   free enterprise  
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______ is the bulding of the buisness and enterprise by private investors   capatalism  
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3 distinct federal policies toward indians   eraction relocation assimilation  
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three nations sent large numbers of immigranst to us   england france holland  
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3 techiques improved agricultre   pest control diese control grain productions  
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3 important implements   sulky plow grain drill twine binder  
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