US History Chapter 5 Section 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Great Plains | vast grassland between the Mississippi river and the rocky mountains |
| shamans | people believed to have the power to summon spirits and cure the sick. |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation along the Missouri River in 1868 |
| Sitting Bull | Sioux chief who led the attack on Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| Red River War | Plains Indians fought against settlers & US Army for their land |
| George Custer | United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876) |
| assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| Dawes Act | Law aimed at "Americanizing" the Indian |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars. |
| longhorns | Interbred Spanish and English cattle. Live on little water and can live on grass alone. |
| Chisholm Trail | a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas |
| long drive | name for the moving of cattle across the plains to the railroad terminals |
| cow town | settlement at the end of a cattle trail |
| open range | A vast area of grassland owned by the government where ranchers could graze their herds for free |
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