Chapter 26 Flashcards
1
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The 2 treaties of Fort Laramie
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Plan for a reservation system. Territory for Indians and they’d be divided into 2 colonies
2
Q
Buffalo Soldiers
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black soldiers in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars
3
Q
Sand Creek Massacre (1864)
A
Colonel J.M. Chivington’s militia massacred 400 Indians.
4
Q
Montgomery Ward
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Mail order catalogs
5
Q
New farming inventions, techniques…
A
Steam driven tractors. The “combine:” mix of reaper and thresher
6
Q
Explain succes of California agriculture
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Mexican and Chinese worked for low wages. The refrigerator car.
7
Q
Major concerns of farmers
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Low crop prices and deflated currency
8
Q
Problems with deflated currency among farmers
A
They needed more crops and their was contraction
