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Roots of the American Culture Study Guide
CH. 12&15 Mr. Villarreal
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11th Grade
09/29/2011

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George Armstrong Custer
Definition
defeated @ little bighorn
he was killed there
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Crazy Horse
Definition
leader that was killed by the U.S. Army
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Sitting Bull
Definition
military & spiritual leader of the souix
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sand creek
Definition
treaty w/ pres. Lincoln that declared protection of native tribes by the u.s. gov.
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Treaty of fort Laramie
Definition
guaranted Indians rights on land and reservations, but supplies and money never arrived.
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Ghost dance
Definition
religious movement that restored hope
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wounded knee
Definition
people were stripped of their weapons & shot and killed
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Reservation system
Definition
conditions..... why were native tribes placed there
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little big horn
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place where Custer was killed, was a fairly normal battle.
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Great plains
Definition
area once dominated by native Americans, but as time passed on immigrants took over their land.
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Kiowa
Definition
native tribe, known for buffalo hunting
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"Know-nothing party"
Definition
were against Irish, used nicknames
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Souix
Definition
native tribe that gaurented in south dakota & nebraska. fur traders. many losses from small pox
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exodusters
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group of american settlers in Kansas
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Homestead act
Definition
goverment action that increased non-indian settlement in great plains
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transcontinental railroad
Definition
railroad that stretched from california to omaha nebraska
finished may 10th 1869
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Central pacific
Definition
headed east, mostly chinese
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union pacific
Definition
headed west mostly irish
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assimilation
Definition
"cultural absorption"
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Chinese exclusion act
Definition
chinese man cant marry a white woman
certian number of chises in the u.s.
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national origins act 1924
Definition
government put restrictions on people coming into the country
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Displaced persons act 1948
Definition
people from europe, america gives home to them.
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Immigration act of 1965
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could only come into the united states of you could help the economy
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Refugee act of 1980
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people in need, come to u.s.
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immigration act of 1990
Definition
re-unifying families
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Angel/Ellis island
Definition
had to go through to get into the u.s.
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populists
Definition
political group that favored the common person over the wealthy.
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