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| the government gave americans 160 acres of land free if they lived there for at least 5 years and made the land better |
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| transcontinental railroad |
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| railroad built across the continent |
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| massacre of the buffalo herds |
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| herded buffalo to the railroad for a fresh kill so they can transport it before it goes bad |
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| central and union pacific railroads |
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| two railroads that made up the transcontinental railroad |
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| indians got mad at the americans |
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| john chivington leads army unit in massacre of cheyenne |
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| fettermans army band crushed by sitting bull, crazy horse, and red clouds warriors |
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| native americans unite and kill cister and all his men |
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| refused to go to reservation or fight back |
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| i will fight no more forever |
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| book about how native americans are being mistreated |
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| wrote century of dishonor |
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| taking the minority and trying to make them act like the majority |
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| specificaly for native americans gave 160 acres to each famil if they chand their ways to the american way |
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| outlawed the siouxs ghost dance |
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| nassacre of several hundred sioux |
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| started moving to texas and new mexico which were still a part of mexico at the time |
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| keep people out and keep your stuff in |
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| found gold and moved the indians again |
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| everyone leaves when the gold dries up |
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