US FLASHCARDS

GREAT PLAINS

• The grassland extending through the west-central portion of the US

TREATY OF fORT lARAMIE

• The Sioux agreed to live on reservations agony the Missouri River

sITTING bULL

• The leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux

GEORGE A. CUSTER

• Reported that there was gold in the black hills "from the grass roots down"

ASSIMILATION

• A plan under which Native Americans would become a part of the white culture

DAWES ACT

• An act aiming to "Americanize" Native Americans

BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE

• Brought the Indian wars and an entire era to a bitter end

LONGHORNS

• A new type of Buffalo, were sturdy

CHISHOLM TRAIL

• The major cattle route from San Antonio

LONG DRIVE

• The overland transport often would take about 3 months

HOMESTEAD ACT

• Offered 160 acres of land free to any citizen or intended cit. who was head of household

EXODUSTERS

• African Americans who moved from the post-reconstruction South to Kansas

SODDY

• A house made out of mud dirt sticks and other various things

MORRILL ACT

• Gave federal land to the states to help finance agricultural colleges

BONANZA FARMS

• Enormous single-crop spreads 15,000-50,000

OLIVER HUDSON KELLEY

• Started the patrons of husbandry

GRANGE

• The patrons of husbandry

FARMERS' ALLIANCESND

• The grange gave rise too other organizations

POPULISM

• The peoples party

BIMETALLISM

• A monetary which government would give citizens either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency

GOLD STANDARD

• Backing dollars solely with gold

WILLIAM MCKINLEY

• The president for the movement of gold standard

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

• Hey Nebraska congressman and the editor of the Omaha wold-herald

SECESSION

• The formal withdraw of the state from the union

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• The right to vote for our against slavery

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

• The system of escape routes

HARRIET TUBMAN

• Born a slave aim Maryland, and 1820 and one of the most famous conductors

HARRIET bEECHER STOWE

• Published or novel uncle Tom's cabin which stressed that slavery was not just a political contest

FRANKLIN PIERCE

• A Democratic candidate

DRED SCOTT

• When you leave a slave country and go to a Freestate then you therefore are a free slave

STEPHEN DOUGLAS

• Democratic incumbent

aBRAHAM LINCOLN

• The US president

CONFEDERACY

• A Confederate states of America

JEFFERSON DAVIS

• Former Sen.

FORT SUMTER

• WAS ON THE ISLAND IN CHARLESTON HARBOR

BULL RUN

• A little Creek

STONEWALL JACKSON

• Coining the nickname

ULYSSES S. GRANT

• A general and a decisive military commander

ANTIETAM

• A battle fought near a creek

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• A DOCUMENT CREATED BY LINCOLN THAT CAPTURED NATIONAL ATTENTION