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| Chief of sioux tribe in west that was murdered in massacre at wounded knee |
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| lead U.S army to fight Indians at Battle of Little Bighorn |
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| Leader of Apache Indians in resistance of U.S army onto Indian Lands |
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| name given to African Americans who fled the Southern United States for Kansas in 1879 and 1880 |
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| William F. Cody/ Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show |
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| American soldier, bison hunter and showman that organized shows with cowboy themes |
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| Frederick Jackson Turner/frontier thesis |
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| argument that origin of the distinctive equalitarian, democratic, aggressive, and innovative features of the American character has been the American frontier experience |
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| U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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| department in federal government that is responsible for indian lands |
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| Battle of Little Big Horn |
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| armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. June 25, 1876. near little bighorn river in montana |
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| act that gave guidlines to the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma |
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| religious movement which was incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems |
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| in attempt for U.S army to disarm sioux indians, they massacred 200 indians |
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| act that allowed the U.S government to suspend the citizenship of Chinese immigrants |
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| inexpensive,dangerous material put on fences to keep out intruders |
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| various businesses and corporations created around farming |
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