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Unit 6--Part 1-- APUSH

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1st law to restrict immigration on basis of race/nationality   Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882  
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ranching whereby cowboys corralled cattle on US government-owned land and drove them to RR junctions in Kansas for sale   “open range” ranching  
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invention by Joseph Glidden that helped bring about the end of open-range ranching by cutting off access to the open ranges   barbed wire  
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federal law that gave 160 acres of public land free to any family that settled on it for 5 years   Homestead Act of 1862  
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western settlers on Great Plains who built homes of grass   “sodbusters”  
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Frederick Jackson Turner's theory that westward expansion shaped the American character   frontier thesis  
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argued that American forces should stay off Indian lands   A Century of Dishonor  
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place for Native Americans in Pennsylvania that sought to assimilate them into American culture   Carlisle School  
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Law that attempted to assimilate Indians into American culture by dividing tribal lands into 160 acre farms or 320 acre ranches   Dawes Act  
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A spiritual movement by the Sioux that claimed the white man would soon disappear from their lands   “Ghost Dance” movement  
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"battle" between US troops and Sioux (Lakota) that signifies the end of the Indian wars   Wounded Knee  
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term referring to South after Civil War; signifies new southern economy based upon integration into national economy, industry, and transportation improvements   New South  
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Supreme Court case that said “separate but equal” accommodations in public were constitutional; started Jim Crow South   Plessy v Ferguson  
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term that refers to racial segregation in the South after the Civil War   Jim Crow South  
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black leader who founded the Tuskegee Institute; Said social equality was “folly”; so blacks should at least improve themselves economically   Booker T. Washington  
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speech made by Booker T. Washington that said social equality was not possible yet and economic equality should be focus for blacks   Atlanta Compromise  
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challenged Booker T. Washington's idea of accommodation (Atlanta Compromise); said blacks should work for total social and political equality   W. E. B. Dubois  
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farm movement of late 1800s that forced lawmakers to regulate shipping costs   The Grange  
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said the Black Hills belonged to the Sioux--but this was later violated by the US government   Treaty of Fort Laramie  
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making someone interpret a document before they can vote   literacy test  
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this allowed someone to vote who was otherwise excluded, based on their family's heritage   grandfather clause  
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organization that used the legal system to fight for African-American rights   National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  
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