Key Terms
Native Americans Leaders
Native American Wars
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100
a self-appointed enforcer of the law
What is a vigilante?
100
Leader of the Nez Perces
Who is Chief Joseph?
100
In 1864 a band of Colorado militia came upon an unarmed camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
100
American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Leader and founder of the church of Latter Day Saints
Who is Joseph Smith?
200
a crop grown not for its own use but to be sold
What is cash crop?
200
Native American leader who belonged to Oglala Lakota tribe, was well known for being courageous at Battle of the Little Bighorn
Who is Crazy Horse?
200
The U.S. 7th Cavalry, including the Custer Battalion, a force of 700 men led by George Armstrong Custer, suffered a severe defeat
What is the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
200
legislation that provided farm plots for people willing to live on and develop the land for five years
What is land grant?
200
manure used for fuel in the western plains
What is a buffalo Chip?
300
a system by which branded cattle were allowed to graze freely on unfenced property
What is open range?
300
Brother to Sitting Bull and was killed at Wounded Knee
Who is Spotted Elk?
300
From 1861-1866 Native American wars that took place in modern day Arizona
What is the Apache and Navajo Wars?
300
men who trained horses to work with cattle and had developed the roping skills, saddle, lariat, and chaps needed to do the job?
Who are vaqueros?
300
Marshal in Tombstone, Arizona and took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cowboys
Who is Wyatt Earp?
400
to absorb into the culture of a population or group
What is assimilate?
400
He said, "Peace...comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and whey they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, within each of us."
Who Black Elk?
400
A Ghost Dance that turned into a massacre
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee?
400
Last spike driven into the ground to complete the transcontinental railroad
What is final golden spike
400
a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual
What is a Tall Tale?
500
a rail link between the East and the West
What is transcontinental railroad?
500
Leader of the Apache tribe
Who is Geronimo?
500
General Phillip Sheridan ordered five army columns to converge on the Texas Panhandle and specifically upon the upper tributaries of the Red River. The strategy was to attack native americans until they went to the Reservation.
What is the Red River War?
500
mining towns that only lasted as long as the gold and silver held out
What is a "Boomtown"
500
A gunfighter and gambler, along with his reputation as a lawman, shot dead in Deadwood, SD.
Who is Wild Bill Hickok?
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