US History-Chapter 3 "Go West" -Gateway Book Review

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This nickname was given to the Negro Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars.

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Buffalo Soldiers

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A type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s).

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Barbed wire

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The reasons that people leave an area of residence (persecution, ethnic cleansing, ect.)

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Push factors

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The reasons that people move to a certain area (job opportunities, religious freedom, ect.)

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Pull Factors

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Also known as Custer's Last Stand, the battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces during the Great Sioux War.

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Little Big Horn

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The collective name for the conflicts fought by the U.S. government & American settlers, against various Indian tribes.

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Indian Wars

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In the Western United States and Canada, this land is rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.

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Open Range

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This key term is defined as “a region at the edge of a settled area”.

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Frontier

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160 acres of cheap land promised to settlers if they improved it for 6 months, and farmed it for 5 years.

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Homestead Act

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Congress passed this Act to "Americanize" the Indians. Each male Indian was able to claim 160 acres of reservation land

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Dawes Act