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It gave 160 free acres of land to settlers, though the railroads and the government took a lot of it for themselves
Homestead Act
100
These were 15,000 to 50,000 acres and grew only one crop
Bonanza farms
100
List at least 2 reasons why the settlers moved west?
Land, gold, ability to travel to new places (railroads)
100
He was killed at Little Big Horn in a horrible defeat
George Custer
100
Name at least 2 new forms of farm equipment
Steel plow Barbed wire Reaper Corn Binder Steel Windmill
200
These were made out of dirt and leaked a lot
Soddy
200
Sioux leader who escaped to Canada. Helped kill Col. Custer.
Sitting Bull
200
At this battle, the 7th cavalry slaughtered over 300 unarmed soldiers when someone fired a shot to start it
Battle of Wounded Knee
200
Name at least 3 wasy the Indians used buffalo
Meat, fur for clothes, bones for tools, toys, muscles for string for bows, stomach for sacks and cooking, organs for paint pigments, etc
200
Why were railroads important in moving west?
Easier to travel there now way to ship goods access to places couldn't get to before
300
Define animism
Religion of Native Americans. Everything has a soul.
300
Gave the "Cross of Gold" speech
William Jennings Bryan
300
150 women and children of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes killed because General SR Curtis wants Indians to suffer
Sandcreek Massacre
300
What did the settlers mostly use the buffalo for?
Sport
300
Why does the government need to have a supply of gold on hand?
Otherwise paper money is worthless.
400
African Americans who moved from post reconstruction south to Kansas
Exodusters
400
Define bimetalism?
idea of backing US money with silver and gold
400
This was an organization for farmers to use as a social outlet and for education
The Grange
400
Name at least 2 reasons why the Homestead Act wasn't fair.
all land not equal govt and railroads took land land taken from NA cattlemen fencing in land
400
Why was new farming equipment so important?
Made farming faster and easier = more money
500
This was created to Americanize the Indians and broke up Indian reservations to give pieces to individuals
Dawes Act
500
Define assimilation
Want Indians to give up their beliefs, act white
500
The U.S. army hearded friendly Indians into reservations and fired on all the others left
Red River War
500
Name a problem the settlers faced living on the prairie
lonely drought blizzards fires plague Indians
500
Describe the cycle of debt for farmers
borrow money buy land and machines grow crops and sell them borrow more buy more sell more
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