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Chapter 5 The West
The West
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11th Grade
08/21/2013

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Mississippi River
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Boundary for the West
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Homestead Act, 1862
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The government gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who lived on it for 5 years
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Plains Native Americans
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A native people who were persecuted by the settlers, who saw them as savages. They believed in spirits.
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Shaman
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Medicine men or women
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Buffalo Soldier
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African Americans who joined the U.S. army, and went west to fight the Indians. The term was coined by the Indians.
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Communism
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A form of government where the wealth is distributed evenly amongst the people. Every body is the same.
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Treaty of Laramie
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A treaty that began the Reservation system for Indians.
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Sand Creek Massacre
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In 1846, U.S. Army official Chivington killed the Cheyenne on the Sand Creek Reservation.
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Custer's Last Stand
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In 1876 General George Custer and all of his men were killed by the natives at the battle of Little Big Horn
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Geronimo
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Was a famous Apache war chief. Mexicans killed his family. Lived on reservations in Alabama, Florida, and Oklahoma
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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She wrote a book about hundreds of broken US and Native treaties, called A Century of Dishonor
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Assimilation
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Process where natives would become like whites. Dress, language, manners.
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Dawes Act, 1887
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Broke up reservations and divided land among the Natives. More land was to be sold and money given to the Natives for farming equipment.
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Ghost Dance
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It was a ceremony or ritual, where they wore white shirts and danced. They believed the whit shirts would protect them from guns.
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Battle of Wounded Knee
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A massacre of over 200 natives at Wounded Knee Camp
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Beef Barons
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(Swifts and Armours) became big meatpacking businesses in Chicago.
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Open Frontier
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Basically talking about the West, and all the land they herded cattle on
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Oklahoma Sooners
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The name given to people who arrived early in Oklahoma when the government set aside free land there.
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Soddies
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Houses settlers built in the flatlands in the West out of mud and grass.
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Exodusters
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African Americans who moved west, instead of fighting in the army.
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Morrill Act
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This act supported agricultural education. Gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges.
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Hatch Act
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Established agricultural experiment stations to inform farmers of new research.
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Cowboys
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Cattle herders in the West who learned from the Mexican cowboys.
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Barbed wire
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Wire with metal sharpened prongs along it. used to keep cattle in and indians out.
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Iron horse
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The nickname for a train in the West
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John Deere
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The man who invented the steel plow, who is now the iconic name for farm equipment.
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Cyrus McCormick
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He invented the mechanical reaper
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Bonanza Farm
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Huge single cash crop farms. Such as just a corn farm.
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Gold standard
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Citizens use only gold to back paper money
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Farmer's Coop
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Co-ops were made for farmers to help with others workload in return for profit from the harvest.
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Populist Party
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Formed by farmers who wanted reform. Their platform was based on increase money supply, graduated income tax, direct election of senators, 8 hour work day, restriction on immigrants.
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Bi-metallism
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Citizens use gold and silver as money exchange
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Cross of Gold Speech
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William Jennings Bryan,... "You shall mot press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold"
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Kit Carson
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US frontiersman and scout; full name Christopher Carson. He was a US Indian agent in the Southwest 1853–61 and organized Union forces against Indians in the West during the Civil War.
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Buckaroo
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Spanish name for cowboy. So the American cowboys adopted the name.
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Cow Towns
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Name given to a place where cattle were moved to before shipping.
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Gunslingers
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Also known as bushwhackers fought in guerrilla warfare bands......
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Thomas Moran
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This man was an artist who depicted the American landscape and buffalos.
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Albert Bierstadt
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This man was a painter who was well known for depicting the West.
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Greenbacks
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A slang word used to describe the new paper money that was green in color.
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Grange
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Farmers association that banded together to discuss reforms.
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William Jennings Bryan
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"The Great Commoner" he was an avid populist democrat. Ran for presidency 3 times.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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The railroad built all over the US. Made to transport goods from the west to the east.
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William McKinley
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Ran against William Jennings, and won the presidency, Republican.
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Was and example of a cow town
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