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Conflict in the West

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Railroad line coming from the east, where most of the work was done by Irish Immigrants
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Other tribe that was set to live in the Bosque Redondo
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Came about as the result of the need for standard scheduling for trains
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Number of new states admitted to the Union between 1850 and 1912
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First railroad that crossed the entire US
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Large tribe near Texas who signed the Medicine Lodge Creek Treaty with the US
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A result of many Texan settlers leaving to fight in the Civil War
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Issue which delayed the admittance of Utah as a State until 1896
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Places full of males that sprouted up due to multiple discoveries of gold in the West
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Man who developed a better method of refrigeration for the beef being transported
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Largest group of tribes in the northern Great Plains, fought largest battles as well
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Secret organization that cut fences, destroyed post, and opened up ranches again
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People group who were split into a "progressive" and "non-progressive" side
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Young, single man who would lead the cattle on drives across the West
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Unbranded cattle that had bred naturally during the Civil War
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War-like tribe in New Mexico and Colorado who the Union army attacked in 1862
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Reservation in central New Mexico that ultimately ended in failure by the end of the Civil War
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Mexican-American newspaper that support the election of Mexican-Americans to office and Mexican culture
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Invention that kept herds contained and protected the best grass
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Act that terminated tribal ownership of land and opened up the majority of it for white settlement
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Act that provided 160 acres of land free to anyone who farmed it for five years
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Man behind Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show which promoted the myth-like qualities of the West
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Railroad line coming over the Sierra Nevadas, most of the work was done by Chinese immigrants
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School for Native American children opened up in PA to teach white ways and separate children from tribal culture
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People group who hid in the black lava fields and resisted the US army