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| having the same rights and opportunities as others |
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| civil war general during the Battle of Little Bighorn |
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| a broad expanse of flat land which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains |
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| African Americans who migrated from the South to the Great Plains after the Civil War |
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| port of entry for most European immigrants between 1892-1954 |
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| a power granted by an agreement among people or by law |
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| chief of the Lakota people during the late 1800's; opposed US policy |
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| a Native American tribe that was displaced by US policy during the late 1800's |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| a railroad that spans the continent |
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| precautions taken by a government to protect the country against outside attack |
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| a battle in 1876 (Montana) between the US cavalry and the Lakota Sioux |
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| primary source of food and clothing for the Native Americans living on the Great Plains |
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| a 1924 law that discriminated against Eastern and Southern European and Asian immigrants |
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| a government document that allows a foreigner to enter that government's country |
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| the chance for advancement or progress |
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| a religious dance performed by certain Native American groups to bring back the good times before Europeans came |
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| the absorption of people into the dominant culture |
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| European settlers moving West across North America |
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| a person who flees their country for safety reasons |
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| a system of government in which the people are in charge |
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| a creek in South Dakota where US soldiers killed a large number of Lakota Sioux in 1890 |
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| an 1862 law that granted land (homestead) to settlers who agreed to live and work there for 5 years |
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| the number and pattern of immigrants coming from different countries in a given time period |
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| an Act forbidding Chinese immigrants from entering the US from 1882 - 1902 |
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