chapter6____ Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
1. Cash Crop | A crop grow by farmers for the soul purpose of resale. |
2. Farmers' Alliance | Farmers coming together to try and lower rates on supplies and transportation. |
3. Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Promised African Americans the use of trains and public facilities like hotels. |
4. Reservation | Special areas set apart by the government where Indians were aloud to live. |
5. Sand Creek Massacre | Where Commanding Officer, John Chivington, opened fire of a allied group of Cheyenne Indians. |
6. Battle of Little Big Horn | In June 1876, George Cluster and all of his men were killed. Unexpected. Out numbered almost 10 to 1. |
7. Wounded Knee | The location the Ghost Dance War took place sealing the downfall of Indians. |
8. Assimilate | Adopting the culture and ways of another kind of people. |
9. Dawes General Allotment Act | Stated that the Indians were not a different country than the United States. They were United State citizens. (Used to progress Assimilation.) |
10. Vigilante | Self appointed Law-breaking busters! |
11. Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad that stretched from the East to the West coast. |
12. Land Grant | Giving someone a large stretch of land. Used to give Railroad builders the land to expand the Railroad. |
13. Open Range System | System in which the land was not fenced in and Animals were identifies by their brands. |
14. Homestead Act | Government offered 160 acres of land to however wanted to live there for a while, build and well, and build a road. |
15. Exodusters | An organized group of African Americans who set out to take advantage of the Homestead Act and start new lives. |
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