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Chapter 21-Call to Freedom
Ms. Onerotti test monday.
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History
8th Grade
03/15/2009

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How they Transport Cattle
Definition
Refrigerated Train Cars
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Immigrates who worked for the Union Pacific
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Irish Immigrates, Civil War Veterans, OMAHA to Promontory, Utah
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Many immigrants from the south were called....
Definition
Exodusters. They wentn to the west to-
1. Free African Americans
2. to find land
3. Money
4. Equal Rights
5. Freedom
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Dawes Act and how it affected the Native Americans
Definition
Act split up reservation between the American Indians. They took more acres from the indians in History. 160 for married couples and 80 for single people.
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completion of the railroad
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From Omaha to Sacramento.
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They wanted....
Definition
They wanted the Sioux to sell their land.
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Union Pacific
Definition
Got harsh weather and struggled in the seirra nevada.
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When did they breed their cattle
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Malting winter breaded the spring roundup
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Who invented farming equipment?
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Cyrus McCormin
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1874
Definition
Joseph Glitten created Barb Wires-Created RANGE wars-Pence off water and put in a lot of land for themselves and cattle
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Brought up mining because...
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few miners could afford mining equipment
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New type of farming that didn't call for much water
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dry farming
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Homestead Act
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Gives free land to homesteaders, 160 for married, 80 for single couples, man, women, or african americans, as long as they support the confederate.
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Treaty of Medicine
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Required indians to live on reservations and they give indians food, water, and medicine in return.
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Dessert
Definition
Hard to survive.
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