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plains indians and ranching and mining
ss notes from march 8th and 9th
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History
8th Grade
03/09/2011

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communal living
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sharing everything
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homestead act
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the government gave americans 160 acres of land free if they lived there for at least 5 years and made the land better
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transcontinental railroad
Definition
railroad built across the continent
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massacre of the buffalo herds
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herded buffalo to the railroad for a fresh kill so they can transport it before it goes bad
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central and union pacific railroads
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two railroads that made up the transcontinental railroad
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promontory point
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where the railroad ended
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indian uprising
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indians got mad at the americans
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dakota uprising
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dakota tribe faught back
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massacre at sand creek
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john chivington leads army unit in massacre of cheyenne
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fettermans massacre
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fettermans army band crushed by sitting bull, crazy horse, and red clouds warriors
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little bighorn
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native americans unite and kill cister and all his men
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nez perce indians
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refused to go to reservation or fight back
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i will fight no more forever
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quote from chief joseph
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century of dishonor
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book about how native americans are being mistreated
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helen hunt jackson
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wrote century of dishonor
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assimiation
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taking the minority and trying to make them act like the majority
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dawes act
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specificaly for native americans gave 160 acres to each famil if they chand their ways to the american way
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ghost dance
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sioux spiritual dance
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ghost dance movement
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outlawed the siouxs ghost dance
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wounded knee
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nassacre of several hundred sioux
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mexican influences
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started moving to texas and new mexico which were still a part of mexico at the time
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barbe wire fences
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keep people out and keep your stuff in
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black hills
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found gold and moved the indians again
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ghost towns
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everyone leaves when the gold dries up
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