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The process by which one culture is forced to adapt to and become part of another culture.
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The primary food and resource source for Plains Indians; its near-extinction shattered their way of life.
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An 1887 law that broke up tribal lands into individual plots to encourage American Indians to become farmers.
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African Americans who migrated from the South to Kansas after the Civil War to escape racism and find land.
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The "edge" of settled territory; in the late 1800s, this was moving further West.
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The vast grassland region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
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An 1862 law that gave 160 acres of free land to any citizen who lived on and farmed it for five years.
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The site of a 1876 battle where Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated Custer’s 7th Cavalry.
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A way of life characterized by moving from place to place rather than living in one permanent settlement.
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The "Iron Horse" that connected the East and West coasts, speeding up settlement and trade.
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An area of federal land set aside for American Indian tribes who were forced off their ancestral lands.
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A home built by Great Plains settlers using blocks of turf because wood was scarce.
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town of about 700 Black settlers from Kentucky formed in Kansas
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massacre by US Army troops of nearly 150 Native Americans.
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tribe who's reservation was invaded by miners searching for gold.
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Apache chief who fought against the Army and westward expansion.
