US History Chapter 13 Flashcards

The grasslands in the west-central portion of the US where the Native Americans lived.

The Sioux agreed to live on a reservation, but Sitting Bull never signed it.

To give up one's beliefs and culture to become part of another culture.

<p>It broke up reservations and gave some land to Native American families for farming.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Army massacred 300 unarmed Sioux in South Dakota.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>160 acres of free land to anyone who would farm it for 5 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Several thousand African American settlers who moved from the South to the West (Kansas).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agricultural colleges and experiment stations on the Great Plains.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization that fought for farmers' rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A movement to gain more political and economic power for farmers and laborers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Republican candidate that won the election that ended Populism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presidential candidate nominated by Democrats who favored bimetallism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Backing dollars with only gold to keep prices from rising.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>US army's killing of about 150 Cheyenne elderly, women, and children at the Sand Creek Reservation in Colorado territory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leader of the Sioux who defeated and killed George Custer and his troops at Little Bighorn River.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>United States military leader who was defeated by the Lakota in the Battle of Big Horn in 1876.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ritual performed by the Sioux to bring back the buffalo and return Native American tribes to their land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas, to Kansas where they were shipped by rail to Chicago.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of the two railroad companies that built the Transcontinental Railroad, starting in Sacramento, California, and going East.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The railroad company that began building the transcontinental railroad from its eastern starting point in Omaha, Nebraska.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The oldest national park in the world; has more geysers and hot springs than any other area in the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large-scale farms often over 50,000 acres, where farmers set up companies to operate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farmer who founded the Grange.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Groups of farm organizations that included teachers, preachers, and businessmen.</p> Signup and view all the answers