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Mod Am Ch. 6

Across
The reality of 1875's Civil Rights Act, that it be ignored in southern states
Areas set aside for Amerindians to live
First name of the Chief who lead his people on a trek to Canada to try and save them
The name for homes built out of sod bricks
Farmers started an organization to represent them, "Farmers ______"
Henry Grady hoped this would develop in the southern states (two words)
(three words) major battle lead by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull resulting in Colonel Custer and his troops killed
Often considered the final tragedy as a result of the Ghost Dances.
Senator who tried to move the Amerindians off reservations and onto 160 acre farms, in an attempt to assimilate them into society. Largely a failure
(three words) she wrote of the terrible injustice visited upon the Amerindians
Down
Colonel Chivington rode out from Denver to wipe out a tribe on the banks of a dried-up creek -- killed hundreds of old men and children
Famous for sculptures of the Wild West (P. 177)
Famous for paintings of the Wild West (P.177)
Mexican cowboys, they gifted the US with words like "lariat" and "rodeo"
The railroad knitted the country east and west, at Promontory Point Utah
Congress passed this law in 1862 to help settle the Great Plains by gifting 160 acres to anyone who could live on the land for five years!
Methods cowboys used to get their cattle to the railroad hubs
(two words) sweetened the deal for railroad builders, it gave large stretches of land to investors in the railroads
Ms. Hayes' relative, he was a showman and buffalo hunter
(three words) prairie land NOT fenced in, cattle and wranglers roamed over it freely
Former slaves that made it to the "promised land" of the west to establish farms for themselves, and escape Jim Crow
Self-appointed "peace-keepers" in regions of the west
(two words) cities that sprang up overnight, usually related to mining
Amerindians were moved here, but later the state was claimed for farmers
The Number 1 Cash Crop of the South