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Western Settlements Indians Treaties & Acts Indian Wars Misc. $100 $200 $300 $400 $500
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Miscellaneous
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Identify: act enacted in 1862 that aided the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast
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What is: Pacific Railway Act
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Identify: law enacted in 1887 that was designed to break up tribal organizations; divided tribal lands into plots of 160 acres or less for Native Americans
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What is: The Dawes Act
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Identify: The Civil War hero who led the 7th Cavalry to their death at the battle of Little Bighorn Identify: The Civil War hero who led the 7th Cavalry to their death at the battle of Little Bighorn
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What is: General George A. Custer
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Identify: the $10 million purchase of a portion of Mexico in 1853 that became part of Arizona and New Mexico to provide the land necessary for a southern Transcontinental railroad
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What is: The Gadsden Purchase
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What are the two railroad companies that the federal government gave charters to?
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What is: The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific
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Native Americans
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Identify: to take in and incorporate as one’s own
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What is: Assimilation
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Identify: an area of land with distinct borders managed by a Native American tribe under the United States government
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What is: Reservation
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Identify: name given to the forced relocation of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830
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What is: Trail of Tears
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Identify: The diplomat/politician and leader of the Nez Perce tribe
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What is: Chief Joseph
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Identify this battle: the most prominent tool for assimilation, largest boarding school in Pennsylvania
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What is Carlisle Boarding School
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Indian Wars
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Identify armed conflict in 1876 where General Custer and the 7th Calvary were defeated by the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors; this is considered a turning point in the conflict used as propaganda
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What is: Battle of Little Bighorn
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Identify: an 1890 Native American religious movement to resist the white settlers from taking their land
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What is: Ghost Dance Movement
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Identify: conflict in 1890 the massacre by US soldiers of 300 unarmed Native Americans during their arrest following the Ghost Dance Movement
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What is: Battle of Wounded Knee
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Identify armed conflict in 1877 where a peaceful tribe was forced off their land in Oregon and retreated north towards Canada before surrendering; this conflict finally garnered sympathy for Native American tribes in the West
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What is: Nez Perce War
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Identify: armed conflict in 1864 where a Colorado militia massacred an unprovoked tribe of Cheyenne after they were off their reservation
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What are: Sand Creek Massacre
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Laws/Treaties
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Identify: law enacted in 1862 that provided 160 acres in the West to any citizen or intended citizen who cultivated the land for five years
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What is: Homestead Act
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Identify: law enacted in 1862 that prohibited all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials from entering the United States
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What is Chinese Exclusion Act
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Identify: enacted in 1868 that evacuated federal troops from Sioux Territory along the Bozeman Trail and gave Sioux ownership of western South Dakota; violated by miners and land speculators
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What is Treaty of Fort Laramie
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Identify: laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 to help create agricultural colleges by giving federal land to states
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What is: Morrill Act
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Identify: law enacted in 1934 to overturn the Dawes Act; promoted the reestablishment of tribal organization and culture
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What is Indian Reorganization Act
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Westward Expansion
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Identify: land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Coast
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What is: The Great American Desert
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Identify: A farmer who works to plow the difficult lands of the Great Plains
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What is: sodbusters
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Identify: a community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth; often attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil
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What is: Boomtown
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Explain what the Northwest Ordinance is and what it states
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What is: Law passed by Congress in 1787 that established that statehood would be achieved in the west with a population of 60,000 or more
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What is the name for a Spanish Cowboy?
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What is Vaqueros
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