Unit 1 and Unit 2 U.S History

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What did the homestead act of 1862 do?

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Provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land to spur economic growth.

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what divided tribal lands into plots and assimilated native americans

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Dawes act of 1887

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A United States federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers, prompted by Western miners feeling that Chinese immigrants were taking their jobs.

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Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

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Guaranteed lands to the Sioux Tribe in parts of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Dakotas; the U.S. would not honor the treaty as seen in Little Big Horn.

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Fort Laramie Treaty

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U.S. military carried out a surprise attack on an unarmed Cheyenne Native American encampment in Colorado.

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Sand Creek Massacre

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In 1876, General Custer's troops and he were killed by a large Sioux force in the Black Hills of Montana led by Sitting Bull. What is the name of this event?

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Little Big Horn

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Spiritual leader of the Sioux who organized the Western tribes to fight back against settler infringement.

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Sitting Bull

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The U.S. government supported the building with the passing of the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862, providing government bonds and large grants of land to railroad companies. What type of railroads does this refer to?

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Transcontinental Railroads

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Irish immigrants from the East and Chinese from the West

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Laborers of the Transcontinental Railroad

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Means cowboy in Spanish and reflects Mexico's influence on American cowboy culture.

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Vaquero