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| Reservations | Land set aside that Native Americans were forced to move onto |
| Depletion | The destruction of the buffalo, the main Indian food supply |
| Ft. Laramie Treaty | Agreement between the Indians and US govt. that allowed settlers to cross Indian territory and for the US to set up forts for settlers protection |
| Sand Creek Massacre | Incident in which Col. Chivington's Colorado troops attacked and killed Cheyenne men, women and childrenover |
| Bozeman Trail | Trail set up by the US govt. to protect miners through the Indian territory |
| Treaty of Medicine Lodge | Agreement between the Plains Indians and US govt. in which the Indians agreed to move onto reservations |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | Last major victory for Indians against US troops in which Gen. Custer and 700 soldiers died at the hand of the Sioux |
| Long Walk | Forced Indian march by gun point forcing the tribes onto govt. reservations |
| Ghost Dance | Religious movement in which Indians hoped the white men would leave and the buffalo would return |
| Massacre at Wounded Knee | Incident in which Sioux Indians were surrendering and US troops began firing into the tribe killing many innocent men, women and children |
| Dawes General Allotment Act | Government program in which Indian families were given a small amount of land to farm while the rest of the reservation land was sold or taken over by the government |
| Comstock Lode | First major find of silver ore in Nevada |
| Boom | A time period of rapid economic growth |
| Bust | A time period of rapid economic decline |
| Cost | The amount of time, money and energy are sacrificed to pursue a goal or purchase a product |
| Price | The amount of money needed to purchase a product |
| Inflation | A period of ever increasing prices |
| Deflation | A period of ever decreasing prices |
| Supply | The number or amount of an item that is for sale |
| Demand | The number of people who want certain product |
