Wild west

Boomtown

communities that grew suddenly when a mine opened

Transcontinental RR

a railroad that

would cross the continent and connect the East to the West

Treaty of Fort Laramie

the first major treaty between the

U.S. government and Plains Indians

Reservations

, areas of federal land

set aside for Native American

Crazy Horse

leader of the sioux

George Custer

soldiers discovered gold in the Black

Hills of the Dakotas.

Sitting Bull

a leader of the Lakota Sioux, protested U.S. demands for the land.

Battle of the Little Bighorn

, Sioux forces led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull surrounded and defeated Custer and his troops.

Massacre at Wounded Knee

U.S. Army shot and killed about 150 Sioux near Wounded Creek in South Dakota. This Massacre at Wounded was the last major incident on the Great Plains.

Sand Creek Massacre

this event led to a massacre of the arapaho and cheyenne tribes, and ultimatley led to these tribes being forced onto reservations

Carlisle School

native american boarding school that was open between 1879-1918

Assimilate

changing yourself to be like someone else

Dawes Act

of 1887 tried to

lessen traditional infl uences on

Indian society by making land

ownership private rather than shared.

Land grants

pieces of land given to the railroads by the government

Open range

a vast area of land owned by the government, given to farmers and ranchers for their cattle

Homestead Act

The stead Act gave government-owned land to small farmer

Morrill Act

The Act granted more than 17 million acres of federal land to the states.

Exodusters

Known as Exodusters, these southerners made a mass exodus, or departure, from the South

soddies

houses made of mud on the plains since most could not afford lumber

Chinese Exclusion Act

law that restricted chines laborers from the US under penalty of imprisonment and deportation