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American History - Western Expansion
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History
11th Grade
10/12/2010

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wrangler
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behind cattle drive
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cook
Definition
made food, doctor, and dentist
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trail boss
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head of the cattle drive
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remuda
Definition
behind cattle drive; extra horses
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drag
Definition
behind cattle drive
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ague
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fever-former malaria
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pneumonia
Definition
heavy cough
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haf tongue
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speaking without thinking
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wickiup
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tent or shelter
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corset
Definition
woman wore to make them look skinny
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hat
Definition
protection for sun, wind, and branches
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gauntlets
Definition
protect hands from rope burn
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bandanna
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protects from trail dust; insulation
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savvy
Definition
understand-clever
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polygamy
Definition
practice of having two for more spouses at one time
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abolitionism
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ended slavery
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posse
Definition
group of people after outlaws
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signature
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mark left on bullet after it leaves the gun
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cowpunchers
Definition
cowboys branded cows
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punkin rollers
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ametuer cowboys
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exodusters
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slaves who became farmers
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Homestead Act
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live and farm on land for five years
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tenderfoot
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rookie cowboy
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papoose
Definition
Native American Indian baby wrapped in blanket
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tat
Definition
knitting lace
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prairie schooners
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covered wagons
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parleying
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talking
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flap jacks
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pancakes
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gumbo
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stew/mud
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son-of-a-gun stew
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calf heart, liver, brain, marrow gut, kidney
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fire water
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whiskey
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cackle berries
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eggs
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gangrene
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decay of body tissue
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cholera
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caused by bad water
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Utah
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religion, freedom
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Oklahoma
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free land
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Black Hills
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Gold
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Rocky Mtns. California
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trade
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Alaska
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gold
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New Mexico
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trade
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Butte, Montana
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copper
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Oregon
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land
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California
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Gold
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Arizona
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silver
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Lakota
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Location: Black Hills
Major Event: Black Hills Gold Rush
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Nez Perce
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Location: Northwest
Major Event: thief treaty
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Cherokee
Definition
Location: Southeastern
Major Event: court ruled in their favor
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Dakota
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Location: Minnesota
Major Event: mass execution
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What marked the end of the wars between the federal goverment and the Plains Indians?
Definition
the maassacre at Wounded Knee
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What was NOT a hardship faced by settlers on Great Plains
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Too many trees
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The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they _________ for five years
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live on it
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The Dawes Act attempted to help Native Americans by..
Definition
Giving them land for farming
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Why did N.A. end up losing land in the Dawes Act?
Definition
They government sold the remaining land to white settlers
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What granted the WEstern half on SD to the Sioux Nation
Definition
2nd treaty of fort laramie
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what granted all of SD to the sioux nation
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treaty of fort laramie
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What of the following act created to Trail of Tears?
Definition
Indian Removal Act
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Where Cheyenne and Arapaho came to surrender
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Sand Creek Massacre
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The Sioux and Cheyenne were led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Definition
Battle of Little Big Horn
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what event resulted in the defeat of the 7th calavry
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battle of little big horn
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Custer came to remove native americans from the black hills
Definition
battle of little big horn
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what event took place in colorado
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sand creek massacre
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what event took place in SD
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wounded knee
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which event included over 10 tribes
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trail of tears
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What year ended the resistance of the NA movement
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1890
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The confrontation at WK occured because the chief's followers
Definition
performed a ritual called the Ghost Dance
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what is not true for the sioux tribe to keep the black hills
Definition
accepted 108 million for the land
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Rich farmland brought the first wave of settlers that populated the mountain states of the West like Cali, Colorado
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False
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Ranchers saw barbed wire as a threat because it kept their herds from roaming freely
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true
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The battle of little big horn started when cheyenne warriors attacked an army detachment near the little big horn river
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False
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the klondike gold rush began in colorado and ended as quickly as it came
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false
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people using pikes peak or bust were moutain traders
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false
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the prupose of the long drive was the transport cattle to northern railroad hubs
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true
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huge ranches that covered thousands of acres were called haciendas
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true
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the discovery of gold in the black hills led to more whites invading NA territory
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true
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Why did the cowboys drive the cattle north
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railroad, better price of meat out east
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why did the cowboys hate the farmers
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they put up fences
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What two things ended the cattle drive
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fences and blizzards
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what are two things gunfighters did to improve their speed
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greased holsters, paper wad in end
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STUDY GUN TRICKS IN NOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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