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Ch 5 Barnette
Standard Chapter 5.
Question | Answer |
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Soddy | a house made of sod. It provided warmth, but no protection from pests. |
Morrill Act | Gave federal land to the states to help finances agricultural colleges |
Dawes Act | the law that allowed white settlers to take much of the land set aside for Native Americans |
Assimilation | plan that sought to abolish Native AMericans' traditional cultures |
Battle of Wounded Knee | Slaughter of 300 unarmed Native AMericans that marked the end of the Indians wars in 1890 |
Chisholm Trail | It allowed the cattle business to flourish by providing a route to a shipping yard in Abilene, Kansas |
Homestead Act | offered 160 acres of land free to any head of household |
Oliver Hudson Kelley | Man who started an organization for farmers called "The Grange" |
bimetallism | Policy of using gold and silver. Supporters hoped it would place more money in the pockets of ordinary people |
William Jennings Bryan | Populist Candidate who lost the presidential election in 1896 |
The Great Plains | grassland extending through the west-central portion of the US |
Treaty of Fort Laramie | an agreement in which the Sioux were forced to live on the reservation. |
Sitting Bull | Famous Native American Sioux Indian |
George Custer | Famous for "Custer's Last STand" where his entire regiment was wiped out by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull |
Exoduster | African Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas |
Homestead Act | Offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen who was head of a household |
Bonanza Farm | single-crop farm |
Populism | "the movement of the people". A political party largely backed by the farmers |