The west vocabulary
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| show | unsettled or sparsely settled area of the country occupied mostly by the native americans
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| show | the area from the missouri river to the rocky mountains
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| show | location of the mine of valuable minerals next to virginia city, nevada
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| show | a once thriving community in which the population has left
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| vigilantes | show 🗑
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| exodusters | show 🗑
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| show | the first state to give a women the right to vote
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| transcontinental railroad | show 🗑
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| union pacific | show 🗑
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| show | railroad company that started in california and went east, blasting through the sierra nevada mountains
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| golden spike | show 🗑
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| long drive | show 🗑
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| open range | show 🗑
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| vaquero | show 🗑
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| cowhand | show 🗑
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| sitting bull | show 🗑
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| show | sioux chief and warrior that fought at the battle of little bighorn and was known for his bravery
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| show | apache chief that fought mexican and US forces in the southwest, surrendered to the us gov't in 1887
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| chief joseph | show 🗑
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| reservation | show 🗑
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| show | battle in which the US 7th cavalry was massacred by sioux, cheyenne, and arapaho warriors
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| show | leader of the us 7th cavalry known for fighting native americans; was defeated and killed at the battle of little bighorn
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| show | event in which a group of US soldiers massacred a camp of 300 sioux men, women, and children in 1890; marked the end of all armed resistance in the west
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| dawes act | show 🗑
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| buffalo soliders | show 🗑
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| show | invented by joseph glidden; it was cheap and allowed homesteaders to fence in their property; helped to close the open range to cattle grazing
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| homestead act | show 🗑
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| show | technology that helped homesteaders adapt to the great plains; pumped water from the ground
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| show | a town that has a sudden burst of economic or population growth
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