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Distribute tribal lands and ressettle indians.
Gav 160 acres to each family. |
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| Dec. 28, 1890 the 7th calvary got 350 starving and freezing Sioux and took them to camp at Wounded Knee Creek in S. Dakota. Next day, Soldiers demanded Native Amer. to give up all weapons, the soldiers opened fire with deadly cannon. Slaughtered 300 Native Amer. |
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| Battle of the Little Big Horn |
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| Cheyenne and Sioux camped for Ghost Dance (Sitting Bull had visions of soldiers and some Native Americans falling). Led by Crazy horse and Sitting bull, they killed Custer and Troops |
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| Head Chief during attack. Fierce fighter of Sioux |
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| The major cattle route from San Antonio, Texas through Oklahoma to Kansas |
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| Farmers the provided social outlet and an educational forum |
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| Greatest fighter at Battle of the Little big horn |
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| Ritual to get in touch with spirits. dance, pray, sing. |
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| Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries |
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| Est. the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and est. a five member interstate commision for that purpose |
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| The illegal use of political influence for personal gain |
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| Became head of Tammany Hall, led the tweed ring: broken in 1871 |
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| 19th Century capitalists accquired wealth by exploitation and ruthlessness |
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