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An unsettled or barely settled area in America where mostly Native Americans lived
frontier
homestead
vaquero
exoduster
The area of America from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. The land was mostly flat and grasslands.
Great Plains
frontier
homestead
Sitting Bull
A town the has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.
homestead
frontier
boomtown
Great Plains
Taking cattle by foot to the railroads for further transport
long drive
homestead
buffalo soldier
frontier
A cowboy that came from Mexico with the Spanish during the 1500s
buffalo soldier
vigilante
vaquero
Sitting Bull
A person who takes the law into his/her own hand
vaquero
vigilante
Exoduster
buffalo soldier
Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes
boomtown
reservation
frontier
Great Plains
1864 - attack where U.S. troops killed more than 150 Cheyenne men, women, and children
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Great Plains Disaster
Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands
Vaquero
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Soldier
Boomtown
1876 - Sioux and Cheyenne forces wipe out an entire force of U.S. troops
Sand Creek Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Gettysburg
1890 - U.S. soldiers massacre over 300 unarmed Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Little Bighorn
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle of Shiloh
Land to settle on and farm
frontier
homestead
Great Plains
farmland
A name given to African Americans serving in the army in the West by Native Americans
Exoduster
buffalo soldier
vaquero
boomtown
An African American who left the South for the West to get land to farm on
vaquero
buffalo soldier
Exoduster
frontier
The Great Plains are located between the Missouri River and the
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
state of California
Atlantic Ocean
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