The Great West Vocabulary

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians

Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture

A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land

Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians

Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians

Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture

A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land

Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians

Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society

The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture

A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system

Boarding school opened in 1879 with a mission to "kill the Indian" to "save the Man"

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War

Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush

Name given to the process in which a minority group assumes the behaviors, values, rituals, and beliefs of the dominant culture

Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee

Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War