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Chapter 11 Test Review Flashcards

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the major route north to Abilene, Kansas

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Chisholm Trail

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declared “a public and private nuissance”

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Hydraulic Mining

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self appointed volunteers to track down and punish wrongdoers

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Vigilance Committee

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vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government

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Open Range

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process of extracting shallow deposits of ore largely by hand

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Placer Mining

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What brought the first wave of settlers to the West?

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Mining

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Although only a fraction of the herds survived when ranchers rounded up their cattle in 1866, it was the first….

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Long Drive

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in 1859, when prospector Henry Comstock staked a claim in Six-Mile Canyon, Nevada, the sticky blue-gray mud there turned out to be…

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Silver Ore

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Deep Deposits of minerals led to the creation of one of the most legendary boomtowns that dotted the mining frontier known as….

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Leadville

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Eventually and after considerable loss of life, the open range was largely fenced off with a new invention called

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Barbed Wire

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Who staked a claim in Six-mile canyon that turned out to be nearly pure silver ore?

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Henry Comstock

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In addition to Nevada, mining also spurred the development of….

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Colorado, Arizona, the Dakotas and Montana

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Process that used simple equipment like picks and pans

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Placer Mining

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What type of cattle could survive harsh climates?

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Texas Longhorns

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In 1866, ranchers drove about 260,000 cattle came to

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Sedalia Missouri

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How many cattle did cowboys drive up the Chisolm Trail?

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1.5 Million

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Who taught American cowhands their trade and enriched the English language with words or Hispanic Origin

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Vaqueros

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Spanish speaking neighborhoods

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Barrios

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Strikes like the Comstock Lode created cities overnight called

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Boomtowns

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Once the mines that supported the boomtowns were used up the population dwindled or it would become a

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Ghost Town

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Name some famous mining areas

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Pikes Peak, Leadville, The Black Hills, Tombstone

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American headed to the Black Hills to mine

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Gold and Silver

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The purpose of cattle drives was to move them towards the..

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railroad

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Long drives ended due to the invention of what

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barbed wire

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a tract of public land available for settlement

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homestead

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often brought their owners big profits

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Bonanza Farms

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productive farm area that began at the eastern edge of the Great Plains

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Wheat Belt

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Stephen Long

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Explored Great Plains in 1819

29
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planting seeds deep in the ground where there was enough moisture for them to grow

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Dry Farming

30
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Threshing machines were used for

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Harvesting Wheat

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What hardships did settlers on the Great Plains face?

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Scorching Summers

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Settlement in the Great Plains was promoted by the railroads and supported by

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The Government

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The great plains extends westward to the

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Rocky Mountains

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What name did the first explorers of the Great Plains give the are?

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The Great American Desert

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Land once thought to be worthless for farming was transformed into America’s

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wheatbelt

36
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News spread that there was cheap what in America?

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FARMLAND

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In 1862, the government encouraged people moving to the plains by doing what?

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passing the Homestead Act

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How much did you pay to file for a homestead and how much land did you get?

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$10 and 160 acres

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Who lost their homesteads due to a combination of drought, wind erosion and overuse of land

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Sodbusters

40
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Innovations in farming were what?

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mechanical reaper, steam tractor, treshing machine

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Wheat belt began at the eastern edge of great plains and encompassed much of the

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Dakotas, and part of Nebrask and Kansas

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What marked the end of an era

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The closing of the frontier

43
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First major clash began in 1862 when the Dakota Sioux launched an attack in

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Minnesota

44
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Sioux agreed to live on a reservation in exchange for

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annuities

45
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who led sioux uprising

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Little Crow

46
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what was the Lakota war called?

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Red Clouds War

47
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What chief brought several hundred Cheyenne to Fort Lyon to negotiate a peace agrreement

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Chief Black Kettle

48
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Where native americans were mercilessly attacked…

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Sand Creek Massacre

49
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Proposed creating two reservations

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Indiam Peace Commission

50
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What General was sent to the black hills in the battle of little bighonr

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Custer

51
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How many soldiers were killed in the battle with Custer

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210

52
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Who led the Nez Perce people?

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Chief Joseph

53
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Where were the Nez Perce exiled to?

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Oklahoma

54
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Native American resistence came to an end where?

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on the Lakota Reservation

55
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Federal authorities banned what

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the Ghost Dance

56
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After continuing to do the Ghost Dance the army killed who and how many native americasn

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Chief Sitting Bull, and 200 Lakotas

57
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The government tried to do what to native americas?

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Assimilate them into western society

58
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they divided reservations into individual whats?

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allotments

59
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In 1887 Congress passed what that failed to achieve its goals

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Dawes Act

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In 1924 Congress passed the what? granting all Native Americans citizenship

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The Citizenship Act

61
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policies of assimilation and allotment finally ended under what

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the New Deal

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