Settling The West

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Native Americans who roamed vast distances were considered

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nomads.

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Who proposed creating two large reservations in 1867, one for the Sioux and another for the southern Plains Indians?

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Indian Peace Commission

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People who would move into an area, hoping to become rich from finding minerals, were known as

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prospectors.

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After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, what happened?

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Sitting Bull fled with his followers to Canada.

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The fencing of the open range resulted in

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the end of the long cattle drives.

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What describes the historical significance of vaqueros?

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They taught their trade to American cowboys.

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A glut of wheat on the world market led to

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falling wheat prices paid to farmers.

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Which of the following were hardships that early settlers on the Great Plains faced? crowded cities, dangerous factories, scorching summers, too many trees

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scorching summers

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What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give the area?

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Great American Desert

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The Lakota Sioux fought to keep control of their hunting grounds.

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hunting grounds.