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| A person of Spanish desent whose ansestors had come from Mexico and settled in the Southwest. |
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| Nickname for plains farmers. |
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| A Civil War hero, who in less then 2 hours him and all his men were wiped out at the Battle of Little Bighorn. |
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| African Americans who served in the the U.S. army in the west. |
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| A town with a sudden burst of economic or population growth. |
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| Indian tribes that did not have a permanent home were called __________ |
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| Spanish speaking South Westerners. |
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| Name of the first cowhands who came from Mexico with the Spaniards in the 1500's. |
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| Helped farmers organize to sell crops directly to merchants. |
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| Colonel John Chivington opened fire on a peaceful Cheyenne village killing 150 Cheyenne men, women, and children. |
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| A piece of land and the house on it. |
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| Land set aside for Native Americans by the federal government. |
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| Last major victory for Native Americans by the federal government. |
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| Nebraska politician who ran for President in 1896. |
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| People who took the law into their own hands. |
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| People who took the law into their own hands. |
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| Cattle drives to cow towns along the railways. |
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| Encouraged Native Americans to give up their traditional ways and become farmers. |
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| African Americans who migrated to new homes in Kansas compared themselves to biblical Hebrews. |
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| Unsettled or sparsely settled area of the country occupied largely by Native Americans. |
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