Westward Expansion and Its Impact

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Homestead Act definition

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giving settlers 160 acres of land if they farmed it for 5 years

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Geronimo

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Apache leader who resisted U.S. expansion

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Sitting Bull

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Sioux chief who fought U.S. policies

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Battle of Little Bighorn

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battle where the Sioux Indians defeated Custer

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Wounded Knee significance

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of 1890 massacre of Lakota by U.S. Army; signaled end of Indian Wars

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Sod houses

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built from grass and soil due to lack of wood

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Windmills on the Plains

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water from underground for farming and drinking

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Barbed wire use

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kept cattle in or out

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Cattle ranching adaptation

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cows suited to dry, open land

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Reasons for westward expansion

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gold, adventure, new opportunities, escape cyclical poverty, intimidation and violence in south