Westward Expansion Vocab Flashcard

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Event that ended the Indian Wars

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Massacre at Wounded Knee

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Apache leader who fled U.S. authorities in the Southwest?

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Geronimo

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Transcontinental railroad ran from:

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East to West

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Native Americans were moved to reservations due to which Act?

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Dawes Act

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Congress Act that sold land for $10 to encourage westward movement.

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Homestead Act

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Transcontinental railroad completion location?

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Promontory Summit, Utah

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Head of the Nez Perce tribe?

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Chief Joseph

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American General who died at Little Bighorn?

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George A. Custer

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Exoduster

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A former slave seeking a new start in the West.

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Growing food with little water?

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Dry Farming