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Mr Langhorst – South Valley Jr High Social Studies

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OUT WEST NATIVE AMERICANS LIFE IN THE WEST FARMING & POPULISM ETC Categories and amounts 100

The first cowboys were: Mexicans

He created a traveling show that spread the myth of the West Buffalo Bill Cody

A large deposit of gold and silver found in Western Nevada in 1859 COMSTOCK LODE

Groups of people who take the law into their own hands VIGILANTES

Act that forced Native Americans to assimilate (adopt white culture) Dawes Act

Battle that killed Custer and all of the U.S. 7 th Cavalry Little Big Horn

Native American that massacred U.S. soldiers along the Bozeman Trail Crazy Horse

This event happens in South Dakota in 1890, the last armed resistance by Native Americans WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE

African American soldiers who fought in the West BUFFALO SOLDIERS

HOMESTEAD ACT Created in 1862, the U.S. government offered 160 acres free to anyone who would live on it for 5 years and make improvements

Area where Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad met: Promontory Point

Ritual performed by Native Americans to bring back way of life: Ghost Dance

The Morrill Land Grant Act gave land to help start: Agricultural Colleges

Homes in the Great Plains are known as this: SODDIES

This group of people wanted silver to back up the currency supply Farmers/Populists

The Grange was the first organization of farmers. Who did the Grange target for the harm they did to the farmers? Railroads

This was created because of scheduling issues with railroads Standardized Time

Type of Cattle native to Texas Longhorns

This invention brought an end to the Long Drive Barbed Wire

African Americans who moved West to set up farms EXODUSTERS

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