Studied by 13 people
extract
to remove by force
placer mining
the mining of stream bed deposits with simple equipment (picks, shovels, pans, etc.)
quartz mining
underground mining for gold
vigilance committee
self-appointed volunteers who tracked down and punished wrongdoers
adapt
to adjust or change to suit conditions
open range
vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government
prior
before
long drive
the moving of cattle over trails to a shipping center
homestead
a tract of public land available for settlement
assimilate
to absorb
Henry Cornstock
prospector who staked a claim in six- mile canyon, Nevada; brought hoards of miners to Virgina City, Nevada
Homestead Act
1862 - provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it; encouraged westward migration.
Indian Peace Committee
formed by Congress in 1867; created 2 large reservations on the Plains, one for the Sioux and another for southern Plains Indians
Sitting Bull
Sioux chief who led the attack on Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Ghost Dance
a ritual the Sioux performed to celebrate a hoped-for day of reckoning
Dawes Act
established by Congress in 1887; allotted to each head of household for 160 acres of reservation land for farming
nativism
a preference for native-born people and a desire to limit immigration
induce
to cause a reaction in someone or something
commission
to give authorization to perform a specific task
tenement
a rundown multi-family apartment that barely met minimal standards
political machine
an informal political group designed to gain and keep power
graft
getting money through dishonest or questionable means
Chinese Exclusion Act
(1882) barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States and becoming citizens
William M. "Boss" Tweed
corrupt leader of Tammany Hall (New York Democratic political machine)
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