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Ch.8 Flashcards

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frontiersman who led the settlement of Kentucky

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Daniel Boone

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Created the American Fur Company and the trade post

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John Jacbon Astor

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A Mormon leader, led his people to Utah

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Brigham Young

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Led on attack on Cuter in the Battle of Little Bighorn

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Crazy Horse

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Leader of the Lakota Sioux

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Sitting Vukk

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Leader of the 7th Calvalry

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George Cutser

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tried to lead the Nez Pierce to Canada

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Chief Joseph

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Apache leader who raided Arizona - Mexico Border

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Geronimo

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a mountain man who was the first to cross the Sierra Nevada

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Jedidiah Smith

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founder of the Mormon Church

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Joseph SMith

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western fur traders and travelers

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Mountain Men

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Gave 160 acres of land to US citizens

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Homestead Act

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federal land set aside for the native americans

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Reservations

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transportation that connected the East to the West

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Transcontinental Railroad

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a system in 1860 to carry mail west

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Pony Express

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the path from San Antonio, Texas to Albanym Kansas

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Chisolm Trail

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Journey of herding cattle to the market

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Cattle Drive

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open range of the great plains from Texas to Canada

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Cattle Kingdom

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communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened

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boomtowns

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an undeveloped area

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Frontier

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followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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Mormons

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Santa Fe Trail

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from independence Missouris to New Mexico

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2000-mile trail to the Pacific NW

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Oregon Trail

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What was another name for the Battle of little big horn?

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Custers Last Stand

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How many acres of land did a person get with the homestead act and how long on the land

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160 acres 5 years

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What is Manifest Destiny

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Belief the US should spread from coast to coast

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What 4 countries once claimed Oregon

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Spain, US, Britian, Russia

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Where did the transcontinental start and where was it completed

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started in Omaham, Nebraska and sacramento Calfronia, ended in Promontory Utah

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What incident took place in SD with the Native Americans handing over their weapons

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Wounded Knee Massacre

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Who were the Sooners

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People went to Oklahoma early to claim land

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What are dime novels

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Fictional books about the Old West

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What were some factors of Western Expansion

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railroads, mining, land grants

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WHat were some effects of Western Expansion

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immigration, conflict with natives, new states being formed

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