Native America I
A spiritual movement that said that the ancestors would return and drive out the settlers, restore native American lands, food supplies, such as the buffalo, and their way of life.
Ghost Dance
An economic approach that the government should not interfere in the economy other than to protect private property rights and maintain peace
Laissez-Faire
A policy that allotted land to Native Americans on the reservations to help them become farmers and assimilate into society
Dawes Act
In this war in 1848, the US won gained 500,000 acres of land from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
Mexican-American War
This type of farming allowed farmers to plant seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture to grow.
Dry Farming
The Native American Chief who, upon surrendering, said: 'From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever'
Chief Joseph
Businessmen who are attracted into business by the prospect of making money in manufacturing and transportation
Entrepeneurs
The name of the event in which Native Americans were murdered while waiting to negotiate peace
Sand Creek Massacre
The rush to this state for gold in 1848 increased caused the development of new mining techniques that damaged the landscape, such as hydraulic mining.
California
This type of farm yielded big profits, with which the farmers formed companies and invested in property, equipment and hired laborers
Bonanza Farms
This statement was made just before what uprising: "If they are hungry, let them eat their own grass or dung."
Dakota-Sioux Uprising
The total value of all goods and services that a country produces
Gross National Product
Native American Resistance came to an end at this battle on the Lakota-Sioux reservation in 1890. Hint: the magic vests didn't work.
Wounded Knee
This type of cattle became useful after the beef shortages caused by the civil war. Hint: They were taken to market on the Long Drive.
Longhorn
Provided land where ranchers could graze herds free of charge and unrestricted by private property.
Open Range
This Native American Chief had tried to work with the settlers, while leading his tribe. He had even converted to Christianity, built a house and farmed before reluctantly joining the rebellion.
Little Crow
The man who drilled the first oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859
Edwin Drake
The school system for Native Americans which had the slogan "Kill the Indian, Save the Man."
Carlisle Indian School
This US President signed into existence five national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird sanctuaries and wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt
In 1899, the government took away the so-called Indian Territory from Indian control and gave it to settlers in a land rush in this state.
Oklahoma
The death of this army general caused an outcry in the East and the federal government increased its campaign against Native Americans on the Great Plains.
George Custer
This man invented the phonograph, electric generator, lightbulb, battery, dictaphone motion picture
Thomas Alva Edison
Fetterman's Massacre, The Hayfield Fight and the Wagon Box Fight were all part of this war.
Red Cloud's War
This prospector while looking for gold, failed to realize that his property had a lot of silver, enough to help fund the Civil War for the union.
Henry Comstock
Groups of self-appointed volunteers who enforced law and order in the 1800s, and would track down and punish wrongdoers
Vigilance Committees