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Chapt. 6 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Cash Crop | Crops that were grown to be sold. |
Farmer's Alliance | A network of farmers' organizations that work |
Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Guaranteed black patrons the right to ride trains and use public facilities such as hotels. |
Sand Creek Massacre | 1864 incident in which Colorado militia killed a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. |
Battle of Little Big Horn | 1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated U.S. Army Troops. |
Wounded Knee | 1890 confrontation between U.S. cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance. |
Assimilate | When one is absorbed into the main culture of a society. |
Dawes General Allotment Act | Law in 1887 that replaced reservation systems with private family plots. |
Vigilante | Self appointed law enforcers that punished the law. |
Reservation | Specific areas set aside by the government for the indians. |
Transcontinental Railroad | A rail link between the east and the west. |
Land Grants | Land designated by the government to build schools, roads, or railroads. |
Open-range System | Vast area of grassland on which livestock roam and grass. |
Homestead Act | 1862 government offered farm land plots of 160 acres to anyone willing to live on the land for five years, dig a well, and build a road. |
Exodusters | African Americans who migrated from the South to the west after the civil war. |