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Vaqueroes
were headers in late 1770's in new mexico region would heard cows so they were the first cowboys -
Chinese Imagration
Chinese immagrantes wanted a new life so they came to america to start little general stores and other conviences -
Irish immagration
Irish immagrants started coming around as soon as industrilization was prevelent the irish, beside being really good drinkers, were good with tools machines and were extrmemly tough. -
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Open Range system
was a ranching system where ranchers let their cattle run free amoung their huge property and would hire cowboys too round the cows up led to invention of barb wire -
Morrill Act
was an act propsed by the state college in illinois they wanted more land for college intutions for education -
Pike Peak Gold Rush
was huge gold rush in of over 100000 prospectors in kansas and pikes peak one of the biggest gold rushes in American history -
Homestead act of 1862
was an act passed by the goverenment that any person who bore arms for the civil war could claim 160 acres of land -
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First Transcontinental Railroad
was the first attmept at railroad that would all across country -
Sand Creek Massarce
was a devastaing event in the indian war and resulted in the massacure of 130 apache and cheyenne native americas from the colorado milita -
Treaty of FT Laramine
was a treaty prosed between us feds and natives granting hunting rights for the black hills up to south dakota and led to red clouds river. -
Victory of Sitting Bull
sitting bull had a vision in which he lead his warriors to victory aganist custers 7th calvary his leadership also lead his people to many other victories -
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battle of little big horn
commonly known as custard last stand when custard took 250 calvary men to kill indians and wound of getting slaughtered -
exoduster
was a movement of African Americans from along the mississippi to kansas it was the first major migration of black people since the civil war -
Chief Joseph
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt also known as chief Joseph was known as mostly a peacful and wise leader of the Nez Perce but did fight back against the us army once because he was tired of being pushed. -
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen hunt was a writer and poet that did very much in the name of equal rights for the native american people -
Century of Dishonor
was a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson about the injustices that we put aganist other races that are not white -
cattle Drive
was the process of cowboys moving the cows from one place to another so that they could sell the cows and get money -
Dawes Act
was a an act passed by the feds to split of native land among indivual natives -
Land Run of 1889
was a massive land rush for what is now modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. 50000 rushed for a peice of the available 2 million arces of land -
Massacure of wounded knee
was huge massacure at wounded knee that consisted when 500 us army soldiers slaughtered and ambushed a total of 350 natives of which only 120 were warriors this marked the end of the native amrican war
