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This was an attempt at forcing Indians to assimilate into white culture.
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The Homestead Act was signed by Abraham Lincoln promising settlers 160 acres in hopes that they would migrate Westward.
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Made it possible for Westerners to establish colleges.
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Allowed for the railroad to be paid for with land instead of actual money.
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Occurred due to conflict over who should control the Great Plains.
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The Fort Laramie treaty was put in place to end the conflict between the White and Sioux Indian people.
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Intended to bring peace by relocating Plains Indians to government reservations.
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Also known as Custer's Defeat, this battle was the worst U.S. Army defeat, and the Native Americans biggest victory.
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Was leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Tribe. He became famous in 1877 for leading his people on an epic flight across the Rocky Mountains.
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African Americans migrate from the South after the Civil War.
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A series of battles between the Sioux Indians and white settlers
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Authorized the President to subdivide Native American tribal landholdings into allotments
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Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance towards the United States. He was killed in 1890 by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation
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This battle was the last battle between Native Americans and white settlers. It stopped Indians from trying to fight back.
