US History Chapter 13
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Great Plains | the grasslands in the west-central portion of the US where the Native Americans lived |
| Treaty of Fort Laramie | the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation, but Sitting Bull (leader of the Sioux) never signed it |
| assimilation | to give up one's beliefs and culture to become part of another culture. |
| Dawes Act | broke up reservations and gave some land to Native American families for farming |
| Battle of Wounded Knee | In South Dakota where the Army massacred 300 unarmed Sioux |
| Homestead Act | the government offered 160 acres of free land to anyone who would farm it for 5 years |
| exoduster | several thousand African Americans settlers who moved from the South to the West (Kansas) |
| Morrill Act | established agricultural colleges and experiment stations on the Great Plains |
| Grange | an organization that fought for farmers' rights |
| Populism | movement to gain more political and economic power for farmers and laborers. |
| William McKinley | Republican candidate that won the election that ended Populism |
| William Jennings Bryan | presidential candidate nominated by Democrats and Republicans who favored bimetallism |
| gold standard | backing dollars with only gold to keep prices from rising, favored by Republicans "goldbugs". |
| Sand Creek Massacre | US army's killing of about 150 cheyenne elderly, women and children at the Sand Creek Reservation in Colorado territory |
| Sitting Bull | (leader of the Sioux) defeated and killed George Custer and his troops at Little Bighorn River |
| George Custer | United States military leader who was defeated by the Lakota in the Battle of Big Horn in 1876. |
| Ghost Dance | A ritual the Sioux performed to bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land |
| Chisholm Trail | was the major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, to Kansas where they were shipped by rail to Chicago |
| Central Pacific | One of the two railroad companies that built the Transcontinental RR. Started in Sacramento, California and went East |
| Union Pacific | the railroad company that began building of the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska |
| Yellowstone National Park | the oldest national park in the world; has more gysers and hot springs than any other area in the world |
| Bonanza farms | Large scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up companies to operate |
| greenbacks | Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver |
| Oliver Hudson Kelley | Farmer who founded the Grange |
| Farmers Alliances | groups of farm organizations that included teachers, preachers, and businessmen |
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