Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards
the grassland extending through the west-central portion of the U.S.
Great Plains
Sioux leader, did not sign treaty, fought at little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
reported that the Black Hills had gold “from the grass roots down,” a gold rush was on
George A Custer
give up their beliefs and become part of another culture
Assimilation
broke up reservations and gave land to individual natives
Dawes Act
site of massacre of 300 unarmed Sioux by US soldiers
Battle of Wounded Knee
offered 16- acres of land free to any citizen who was head of the household
Homestead Act
African-Americans who moved from the post-Reconstruction South to Kansas
Exodusters
dugout; sod home (warm in the winter and cool in the summer)
Soddy
gave federal land to states to help finance agricultural colleges (1862-1890)
Morrill Act
an organization for farmers
Grange
called for the government to give more help to the farmers
Populism
monetary system; gov would give citizens gold/silver in exchange for paper currency or checks
Bimetallism
backing dollars solely with gold
Gold Standard
Republican party; president nominee
William McKinley
Democratic party; president nominee
William Jennings Bryant
site of US government massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho, 150 dead, including women and children
Sand Creek
US gov stopped white settlement but Sioux asked to live on reservations
Treaty of Ft. Laramie
1866 in Colorado (Redcloud killed soldiers in response to Sand Creek)
Fetterman Massacre
George Custer (US) vs Sitting Bull (Sioux) - US defeat
Little Bighorn
bankrupt railroads and thinning gold reserves
Panic of 1893
backed bimetallism which said the gov would give citizens silver or gold in exchange for paper currency
Silverites
