Homesteaders

the way people saw the Great Plains during westward expansion

What kind of farming was popular in the great plains

Barbed wire

invented by John Deere, used to break the hard soil of the plains

-because there were no trees, people used thick rectangles of soil with prairie grass to build homes. It was called

Transcontinental railroad connected :

1862 to help encourage more people to move west. Gave free land to people who moved west and improved it.

The process of absorbing one cultural group into another

A Lakota Warrior who led a huge victory over federal troops.

tried to lead his people to Canada to escape US troops- but after traveling far, was captured after a 5 day battle.

An Apache leader whose tribe revolted over the poor conditions on their reservation. He was captured several times and became a celebrity.

a Native American victory in a battle between the US Cavalry

final battle of the Indian Wars- turned into a massacre of Native American people

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