Western Expansion Vocab Practice

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Designated land area by the US for Native Americans

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Reservations

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Unarmed Cheyenne and Arapahoe Native Americans were slaughtered by American soldiers in Colorado.

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Sand Creek Massacre

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Sioux leader

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Sitting Bull

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Sioux v. Custer; Native Americans united to defeat U.S. soldiers, causing outrage and fear of danger.

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Battle of the Little Big Horn

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Led the Nez Perce Native Americans during their removal from Oregon to Idaho.

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Chief Joseph

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300 Sioux men, women, and children were killed in South Dakota; the last major battle between Native Americans and US Soldiers.

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Wounded Knee

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Native Americans’ culture/language changed to “American” culture/language/religion.

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Assimilated

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U.S. government offered land (160 acres for farming or 320 for grazing) for assimilation into American citizenship.

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Dawes General Allotment Act

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Railroad connecting East to West (built mainly by Chinese immigrants)

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Grazing land without fences or barriers

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Open-Range System