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An unsettled or barely settled area in America where mostly Native Americans lived
frontier
homestead
vaquero
exoduster
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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
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A town the has a sudden burst of population growth due to the gold rush.
homestead
frontier
boomtown
Great Plains
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Taking cattle by foot to the railroads for further transport
long drive
homestead
buffalo soldier
frontier
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A cowboy that came from Mexico with the Spanish during the 1500s
buffalo soldier
vigilante
vaquero
Sitting Bull
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A person who takes the law into his/her own hand
vaquero
vigilante
Exoduster
buffalo soldier
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Land set aside by the U.S. Government for Native American tribes
boomtown
reservation
frontier
Great Plains
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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
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Sioux chief who tried to fight back against American settlers who were intruding on his tribal lands
Vaquero
Sitting Bull
Buffalo Soldier
Boomtown
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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
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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
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Land to settle on and farm
frontier
homestead
Great Plains
farmland
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A name given to African Americans serving in the army in the West by Native Americans
Exoduster
buffalo soldier
vaquero
boomtown
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An African American who left the South for the West to get land to farm on
vaquero
buffalo soldier
Exoduster
frontier
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The Great Plains are located between the Missouri River and the
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
state of California
Atlantic Ocean