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Kandis Philord
US History Honors
3 Oct 2014
Period 1 -
Gave 160 acres of land to settlers for free. Expansion of railroads.
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Under this law, the govenrment could give grants of land to states to institute colleges of agriculture. The states made the decision to built schools on that land.
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"Miscommunications" caused Colone John Chivington and his troops to attack the Native Americans at Fort Lyon. This ended in murder of over 150 Native Americans of a winter camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
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An organization established in 1867 to benefit and educate farmers. It's official name was The Order of Patrons of Husbandry.
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Took place between the U.S. and northern tribe Indians. The Sioux Indians defeated the US (Custer and his troops were surrounded and slaughtered.)
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Gave the President of the US permission to supervise American Indian tribal land and divide it for individual Indians.
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Ghost dancing was an American Indian spiritual movement. They believed that faithful dancing would speed up the ressurection of their dead relatives.
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An U.S. army surrounded a group of Big Foot's Gist Dancers and demanded that they surrender their weapons. This massacre left 150 Native Americans dead.
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A U.S. schooling system aimed at making Native Indian children more "American." These children were taken from their families, taught English, and stripped of their culture. "Kill the Indian, save the man."
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The Populist Party was a policitcal party created by members of the Farmers' Alliance. They supported free silver, federal income tax, and government owership of railroads.
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Financial panic caused by a drop in the U.S. gold reserves. During this investors cashed in their investments for gold, the stock market fell, and people lost their jobs.
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William Jennings Bryan v William McKinley: McKinley one and the populist party started fading.
