Changes on the Western Frontier - Chapter 13 Flashcards
To analyze the settlement of the Great Plains during the late 1800s and to examine Native American policies, private property rights, and the Populist movement.
The grassland region of the United States
Great Plains
1868 treaty in which the Sioux agreed to live on a reservation
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Leader of Hunkpapa Sioux
Sitting Bull
Colonel in U.S. Cavalry
George A. Custer
Name of plan to make Native Americans part of white culture
Assimilation
Law that broke up Native American reservations
Dawes Act
U.S. massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
Battle of Wounded Knee
Sturdy cattle accustomed to dry grasslands
Longhorn
Major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas
Chisholm Trail
Three-month long overland transport of cattle
Long drive
Act that offered free land to western settlers
Homestead Act
African-American settlers in the West
Exodusters
A frontier home, usually dug into a hill or made from sod
Soddy
Act that helped establish agricultural colleges
Morrill Act
Large, single-crop farms
Bonanza farm
