US History Chapter 6 Section 1 Vocab

US history ch apter 6  section 1 first 3 words. section 2 has 8 words section 3 has 6 words  

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Cash Crop
Crops grown not for their use but to be sold for cash. (cotton)
Farmers' Alliance
Texas farmers that negotioated as a group for lower prices for supplies.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Garanteed black patrons the right to ride trains and use public facilities such as hotels.
Reservation
Specific areas set aside by the government for the indians' use.
Sand Creek Massacre
Spawned another round of warfare as plains
Sitting Bull
A native American chief part of the sioux group. The little big horn battle in monatana.
Battle of the lttle big horn
Led by Crazy horse killed Custer and all of his men.
Chief Joseph
Nez Perces leader who led a group of refugees on a trek of more than 1,300 miles to canada. Surrendered with deeply felt words.
Assimilated
Forced to adopt the american way of life and dress.
Dawes General Allotment Act
Replaced reservstion system with an allotment system. Each Indian family was granted a 160-acre farmstead.
Helen Hunt jackson
Criticized the way the native americans were treated and all the broken treaties to them. she wrote 2 books: A century of dishonor, and Ramona.
Vigilante
Self-appointed law enforcers.
Transcontinental railroad
A rail link between the east and the west, not new.
Land Grants
Giving builders wide streches of land alternating on each side of track route.
Open-range system
Property was not fenced in.