Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Reservations

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Public lands where Native Americans were required to live by the federal government.

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Sand Creek Massacre

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1864 incident in which Colorado militia attacked a camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, some of whom were under US Army protection.

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Battle Of Little Big Horn

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1876 battle in which the Sioux defeated US Army troops. Custer's Last Stand.

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Sitting Bull

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War chief and important spiritual leader who became the first-ever chief of all the Lakota Sioux bands in the 1860s. After surrendering to the Army in 1881, he lived on a reservation where he was killed by Indian police sent to arrest him.

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Native Boarding Schools

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Schools where Native American children were taken to be taught English and learn American customs, often forcing them to give up their own culture and language.

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Wounded Knee

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1890 confrontation between US cavalry and Sioux that marked the end of Indian resistance.

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Assimilation

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Absorbed into the main culture of a society, like when Native Americans were pressured to adopt American customs and ways of life.

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Vigilantes

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People who take the law into their own hands, often in areas where there is little government or law enforcement.

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North Dakota Boom Towns

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Towns that rapidly grew in North Dakota during the late 1800s due to the discovery of resources or the arrival of the railroad.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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A railroad that connected the eastern U.S. with the western part, making travel and shipping goods across the country much easier.